在绿色光蛋白中用于激发状态质子转移的替代性质子受体:重新连接GFP
Deborah Stoner-Ma1, Andrew A Jaye, Kate L Ronayne
1Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 9, 2008
概括
绿色光蛋白 (GFP) 突变可以通过使激发状态质子转移 (ESPT) 恢复光. 涉及D148的低屏障键机制解释了双变异体的光恢复,简化了蛋白质质子转移要求.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 蛋白质工程是指蛋白质工程.
- 频谱学是一种光谱学.
背景情况:
- 野生型绿色光蛋白 (wtGFP) 的光依赖于其染色体的兴奋状态质子转移 (ESPT).
- 像S65T和E222Q这样的突变破坏ESPT,导致光损失.
- 以前的研究表明,H148D突变可以恢复S65T GFP中的绿色光.
研究的目的:
- 研究S65T/H148D和E222Q/H148DGFP突变体中光恢复的机制.
- 探索D148作为ESPT中的质子受体的作用.
- 阐明这些工程GFP中的质子转移动态和键.
主要方法:
- 稳态和超快的时间分辨率光谱学.
- 时间分辨率红外 (TRIR) 振动光谱学.
- 对双重突变的分析 (S65T/H148D和E222Q/H148D) 与单一突变和 wtGFP相比.
主要成果:
- 在双变异体中观察到的I*状态的快速 (<1ps) 形成,随后是皮秒振动冷却.
- TRIR光谱与wtGFP和阳离子突变物有显著差异.
- 没有对D148的电离状态变化的光谱证据,这表明一个低屏障键 (LBHB).
结论:
- 在染色体和D148之间的LBHB促进ESPT在双突变.
- 这种机制解释了光恢复,并得到了结构数据 (<2.4 Å距离) 的支持.
- 一个单一的残留物可以取代复杂的键网络进行质子转移,进步对蛋白质动态的理解.
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