Synthesis and properties of geometrical 4-diarylmethylene analogs of the green fluorescent protein chromophore

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (14) ◽  
pp. 2397-2401 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Ikejiri ◽  
Haruka Kojima ◽  
Yuumi Fugono ◽  
Aki Fujisaka ◽  
Yoshiko Chihara ◽  
...  

The E- and Z-isomers of E/Z-photoisomerizable diarylmethylene analogs of the GFP chromophore (geo-DAIN) produce different colors of aggregation-induced emission (AIE).

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (40) ◽  
pp. 6283-6288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Xu ◽  
Ning Ren ◽  
Ji Pang ◽  
Hongping Deng ◽  
Xinyuan Zhu ◽  
...  

CO2 responsive fluorescent vesicles from a GFP chromophore labeled block-copolymer could change their size and fluorescence to mimic jellyfish breathing.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 3778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Bozhanova ◽  
Mikhail Baranov ◽  
Nadezhda Baleeva ◽  
Alexey Gavrikov ◽  
Alexander Mishin

Fluorogens are an attractive type of dye for imaging applications, eliminating time-consuming washout steps from staining protocols. With just a handful of reported fluorogen-protein pairs, mostly in the green region of spectra, there is a need for the expansion of their spectral range. Still, the origins of solvatochromic and fluorogenic properties of the chromophores suitable for live-cell imaging are poorly understood. Here we report on the synthesis and labeling applications of novel red-shifted fluorogenic cell-permeable green fluorescent protein (GFP) chromophore analogs.


Author(s):  
Jun-Wei Liao ◽  
Robert Sung ◽  
Kuangsen Sung

Photochromism is the heart of photochromic fluorescent proteins. Excited-state proton transfer (ESPT) is the major photochromism for green fluorescent protein (GFP) and Z-E photoisomerization through τ-torsion is the major photochromism...


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor E. Kasheverov ◽  
Alexey I. Kuzmenkov ◽  
Denis S. Kudryavtsev ◽  
Ivan S. Chudetskiy ◽  
Irina V. Shelukhina ◽  
...  

Fluorescence can be exploited to monitor intermolecular interactions in real time and at a resolution up to a single molecule. It is a method of choice to study ligand-receptor interactions. However, at least one of the interacting molecules should possess good fluorescence characteristics, which can be achieved by the introduction of a fluorescent label. Gene constructs with green fluorescent protein (GFP) are widely used to follow the expression of the respective fusion proteins and monitor their function. Recently, a small synthetic analogue of GFP chromophore (p-HOBDI-BF2) was successfully used for tagging DNA molecules, so we decided to test its applicability as a potential fluorescent label for proteins and peptides. This was done on α-cobratoxin (α-CbTx), a three-finger protein used as a molecular marker of muscle-type, neuronal α7 and α9/α10 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), as well as on azemiopsin, a linear peptide neurotoxin selectively inhibiting muscle-type nAChRs. An activated N-hydroxysuccinimide ester of p-HOBDI-BF2 was prepared and utilized for toxin labeling. For comparison we used a recombinant α-CbTx fused with a full-length GFP prepared by expression of a chimeric gene. The structure of modified toxins was confirmed by mass spectrometry and their activity was characterized by competition with iodinated α-bungarotoxin in radioligand assay with respective receptor preparations, as well as by thermophoresis. With the tested protein and peptide neurotoxins, introduction of the synthetic GFP chromophore induced considerably lower decrease in their affinity for the receptors as compared with full-length GFP attachment. The obtained fluorescent derivatives were used for nAChR visualization in tissue slices and cell cultures.


2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (31) ◽  
pp. 20056-20060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hjalte V. Kiefer ◽  
Elie Lattouf ◽  
Natascha W. Persen ◽  
Anastasia V. Bochenkova ◽  
Lars H. Andersen

Photoabsorption of the hydrogen-bonded HBDI·HBDI− dimer, simultaneously resembling the two states of the Green Fluorescent Protein chromophore, is measured in vacuum.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (14) ◽  
pp. 2793-2801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhamid Ghodbane ◽  
W. Brett Fellows ◽  
John R. Bright ◽  
Debashree Ghosh ◽  
Nathalie Saffon ◽  
...  

Most of the conjugates exhibited aggregation-induced emission enhancement, probably involving a unusual type of excimer.


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