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- | In 2006, [http://www.pnas.org/content/103/11/4089.full Ganesan et al.] were the first to present a previously undescribed FRET acceptor, a non-fluorescent yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) mutant called REACh (for Resonance Energy-Accepting Chromoprotein). YFP can be used as a FRET acceptor in combination with GFP as the donor in FRET microscopy and miscellaneous assays in molecular biology. The ideal FRET couple should possess a large spectral overlap between donor emission and acceptor absorption - as illustrated in Fig. 2 - but have separated emission spectra to allow their selective imaging. | + | In 2006, [http://www.pnas.org/content/103/11/4089.full Ganesan et al.] were the first to present a previously undescribed FRET acceptor, a non-fluorescent yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) mutant called '''REACh (for Resonance Energy-Accepting Chromoprotein)'''. YFP can be used as a FRET acceptor in combination with GFP as the donor in FRET microscopy and miscellaneous assays in molecular biology. The ideal FRET couple should possess a large spectral overlap between donor emission and acceptor absorption - as illustrated in Fig. 2 - but have separated emission spectra to allow their selective imaging. |
- | To optimize the spectral overlap of this FRET pair, the group obtained a genetically modified YFP acceptor. Mutations of amino acid residues that stabilize the excited state of the chromophore in enhanced YFP (EYFP) resulted in a non-fluorescent chromoprotein. Two mutations, H148V and Y145W, reduced the fluorescence emission by 82 and 98 %, respectively. Ganesan et al. chose the Y145W mutant and the Y145W/H148V double mutant as FRET acceptors and named them REACh1 and REACh2, respectively. Both REACh1 and REACh2 act as dark quenchers of GFP. | + | To optimize the spectral overlap of this FRET pair, the group obtained '''a genetically modified YFP acceptor'''. Mutations of amino acid residues that stabilize the excited state of the chromophore in enhanced YFP (EYFP) resulted in a non-fluorescent chromoprotein. Two mutations, H148V and Y145W, reduced the fluorescence emission by 82 and 98 %, respectively. Ganesan et al. chose the Y145W mutant and the Y145W/H148V double mutant as FRET acceptors and named them REACh1 and REACh2, respectively. '''Both REACh1 and REACh2 act as dark quenchers of GFP'''. |
''Add: [Fig. 3: YFP and REACh models]'' | ''Add: [Fig. 3: YFP and REACh models]'' |
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