A photoactivatable GFP for selective photolabeling of proteins and cells

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作者
Patterson, GH [1 ]
Lippincott-Schwartz, J [1 ]
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[1] NICHHD, Cell Biol & Metab Branch, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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10.1126/science.1074952
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We report a photoactivatable variant of the Aequorea victoria green fluorescent protein (GFP) that, after intense irradiation with 413-nanometer light, increases fluorescence 100 times when excited by 488-nanometer light and remains stable for days under aerobic conditions. These characteristics offer a new tool for exploring intracellular protein dynamics by tracking photoactivated molecules that are the only visible GFPs in the cell. Here, we use the photoactivatable GFP both as a free protein to measure protein diffusion across the nuclear envelope and as a chimera with a lysosomal membrane protein to demonstrate rapid interlysosomal membrane exchange.
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页码:1873 / 1877
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