Real-time observation of tetrapyrrole binding to an engineered bacterial phytochrome

Near-infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from bacterial phytochromes are important for deep-tissue imaging in vivo, but the mechanism through which they bind to chromophores is not fully understood. Here the authors structurally analyze biliverdin binding to miRFP proteins using time-resolved s...

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Auteurs principaux: Yusaku Hontani, Mikhail Baloban, Francisco Velazquez Escobar, Swetta A. Jansen, Daria M. Shcherbakova, Jörn Weißenborn, Miroslav Kloz, Maria Andrea Mroginski, Vladislav V. Verkhusha, John T. M. Kennis
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Langue:EN
Publié: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/27b7026a2cc7487aa17fc5c6ab44f7c5
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Résumé:Near-infrared fluorescent proteins engineered from bacterial phytochromes are important for deep-tissue imaging in vivo, but the mechanism through which they bind to chromophores is not fully understood. Here the authors structurally analyze biliverdin binding to miRFP proteins using time-resolved stimulated Raman spectroscopy and quantum mechanical/molecular mechanics calculations.