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ArticleScientific reports2016

Truncated Variants of Gaussia Luciferase with Tyrosine Linker for Site-Specific Bioconjugate Applications.

Eric A Hunt, Angeliki Moutsiopoulou, Stephanie Ioannou, Katelyn Ahern, Kristen Woodward, Emre Dikici, Sylvia Daunert, Sapna K Deo

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eric A HuntUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Angeliki MoutsiopoulouUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Stephanie IoannouUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Katelyn AhernUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Kristen WoodwardUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Emre DikiciUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Sylvia DaunertUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
Sapna K DeoUniversity of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry &Molecular Biology, Miami, 33136, USA.
University of Miami · US

Funding

PHOTOPROTEINS AS LABELS IN BIOLUMINESCENCE ASSAYSR01GM047915 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DAUNERT, SYLVIA · 2000 to 2013
$3.5M
Sensitive Detection of Viral Persistency Using Bioluminescent Stem-Loop ProbesR01GM114321 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DEO, SAPNA K · 2015 to 2019
$1.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM047915NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114321
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gaussia luciferase (Gluc)-with its many favorable traits such as small size, bright emission, and exceptional stability-has become a prominent reporter protein for a wide range of bioluminescence-based detection applications. The ten internal cysteine residues crucial to functional structure formation, however, make expression of high quantities of soluble protein in bacterial systems difficult. In addition to this challenge, the current lack of structural data further complicates the use of Gluc for in vitro applications, such as biosensors, or cellular delivery, both of which rely heavily on robust and reproducible bioconjugation techniques. While Gluc is already appreciably small for a luciferase, a reduction in size that still retains significant bioluminescent activity, in conjunction with a more reproducible bioorthogonal method of chemical modification and facile expression in bacteria, would be very beneficial in biosensor design and cellular transport studies. We have developed truncated variants of Gluc, which maintain attractive bioluminescent features, and have characterized their spectral and kinetic properties. These variants were purified in high quantities from a bacterial system. Additionally, a C-terminal linker has been incorporated into these variants that can be used for reliable, specific modification through tyrosine-based bioconjugation techniques, which leave the sensitive network of cysteine residues undisturbed.

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Luminescent MeasurementsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBiosensing TechniquesCircular DichroismCopepodaEscherichia coliGenes, ReporterHalf-LifeLuciferasesMolecular WeightOxidation-ReductionProtein ConformationProtein EngineeringProtein FoldingRecombinant ProteinsLuciferasesRecombinant ProteinsTyrosine

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