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Bright split red fluorescent proteins for the visualization of endogenous proteins and synapses.


ABSTRACT: Self-associating split fluorescent proteins (FPs) are split FPs whose two fragments spontaneously associate to form a functional FP. They have been widely used for labeling proteins, scaffolding protein assembly and detecting cell-cell contacts. Recently developments have expanded the palette of self-associating split FPs beyond the original split GFP1-10/11. However, these new ones have suffered from suboptimal fluorescence signal after complementation. Here, by investigating the complementation process, we have demonstrated two approaches to improve split FPs: assistance through SpyTag/SpyCatcher interaction and directed evolution. The latter has yielded two split sfCherry3 variants with substantially enhanced overall brightness, facilitating the tagging of endogenous proteins by gene editing. Based on sfCherry3, we have further developed a new red-colored trans-synaptic marker called Neuroligin-1 sfCherry3 Linker Across Synaptic Partners (NLG-1 CLASP) for multiplexed visualization of neuronal synapses in living C. elegans, demonstrating its broad applications.

SUBMITTER: Feng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6749000 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bright split red fluorescent proteins for the visualization of endogenous proteins and synapses.

Feng Siyu S   Varshney Aruna A   Coto Villa Doris D   Modavi Cyrus C   Kohler John J   Farah Fatima F   Zhou Shuqin S   Ali Nebat N   Müller Joachim D JD   Van Hoven Miri K MK   Huang Bo B  

Communications biology 20190917


Self-associating split fluorescent proteins (FPs) are split FPs whose two fragments spontaneously associate to form a functional FP. They have been widely used for labeling proteins, scaffolding protein assembly and detecting cell-cell contacts. Recently developments have expanded the palette of self-associating split FPs beyond the original split GFP<sub>1-10/11</sub>. However, these new ones have suffered from suboptimal fluorescence signal after complementation. Here, by investigating the com  ...[more]

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