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Labeling proteins with fluorophore/thioamide Forster resonant energy transfer pairs by combining unnatural amino acid mutagenesis and native chemical ligation.


ABSTRACT: We have recently shown that p-cyanophenylalanine (Cnf) and a thioamide can be used as a minimally perturbing Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) pair to monitor protein conformation. We have also shown that thioamide analogues of natural amino acids can be incorporated into full-sized proteins through native chemical ligation. For intermolecular studies with Cnf/thioamide FRET pairs, Cnf can be incorporated into proteins expressed in Escherichia coli through unnatural amino acid mutagenesis using a Cnf-specific tRNA synthetase. For intramolecular studies, a Cnf-labeled protein fragment can be expressed in E. coli and then ligated to a thioamide-labeled peptide synthesized on solid phase. This combination of methods allows for rapid access to double-labeled proteins with a minimum of unnecessary chemical synthesis. We demonstrate the utility of this approach by studying the binding of peptides to the protein calmodulin and by determining the orientation of the N- and C-termini in the amyloidogenic protein ?-synuclein.

SUBMITTER: Wissner RF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3721677 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Labeling proteins with fluorophore/thioamide Förster resonant energy transfer pairs by combining unnatural amino acid mutagenesis and native chemical ligation.

Wissner Rebecca F RF   Batjargal Solongo S   Fadzen Colin M CM   Petersson E James EJ  

Journal of the American Chemical Society 20130417 17


We have recently shown that p-cyanophenylalanine (Cnf) and a thioamide can be used as a minimally perturbing Förster resonant energy transfer (FRET) pair to monitor protein conformation. We have also shown that thioamide analogues of natural amino acids can be incorporated into full-sized proteins through native chemical ligation. For intermolecular studies with Cnf/thioamide FRET pairs, Cnf can be incorporated into proteins expressed in Escherichia coli through unnatural amino acid mutagenesis  ...[more]

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