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ArticleBiotechnology for biofuels2018

In vivo selection of sfGFP variants with improved and reliable functionality in industrially important thermophilic bacteria.

Elrike Frenzel, Jelmer Legebeke, Atze van Stralen, Richard van Kranenburg, Oscar P Kuipers

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Elrike Frenzel1Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jelmer Legebeke1Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Atze van Stralen1Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.
Richard van Kranenburg2Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Oscar P Kuipers1Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

backgroundFluorescent reporter proteins (FP) have become an indispensable tool for the optimization of microbial cell factories and in synthetic biology per se. The applicability of the currently available FPs is, however, constrained by species-dependent performance and misfolding at elevated temperatures. To obtain functional reporters for thermophilic, biotechnologically important bacteria such as

resultsFlow cytometry-based benchmarking of a set of GFPs, sfGFPs and species-specific codon-optimized variants revealed that none of the proteins was satisfyingly detectable in

conclusionsThis study illustrates the power of in vivo isolation of thermostable proteins to obtain reporters for highly efficient fluorescence labeling. Successful expression in a variety of thermophilic bacteria proved that the novel FPs are highly suitable for imaging and flow cytometry-based studies. This enables a reliable cell tracking and single-cell-based real-time monitoring of biological processes that are of industrial and biotechnological interest.

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BiotechnologyCyanFACSGeobacillus sp.GFPIn vivo applicationParageobacillus sp.Protein engineeringsfGFPThermophilic bacteriaThermostabilityYellow

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PMCPMC5771013

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