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ArticleNature communications2019

Smallest near-infrared fluorescent protein evolved from cyanobacteriochrome as versatile tag for spectral multiplexing.

Olena S Oliinyk, Anton A Shemetov, Sergei Pletnev, Daria M Shcherbakova, Vladislav V Verkhusha

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 87 papers.

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87citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

87 citing papers in PubMed, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Olena S OliinykMedicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00290, Helsinki, Finland.
Anton A ShemetovDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, and Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
Sergei PletnevBasic Science Program, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA.
Daria M ShcherbakovaDepartment of Anatomy and Structural Biology, and Gruss-Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
Vladislav V VerkhushaMedicum, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 00290, Helsinki, Finland. vladislav.verkhusha@einstein.yu.edu.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USFrederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · USUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins, Biosensors and Optogenetic ToolsR35GM122567 · NIGMS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI Vladislav Verkhusha · 2017 to 2026
$4.3M
Calcium biosensors for deep-tissue imaging and spectral multiplexingU01NS103573 · NINDS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI VERKHUSHA, VLADISLAV · 2017 to 2019
$1.8M
CCR NIH HHS HHSN261200800001CNCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001ENIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM122567NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS103573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

From a single domain of cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) we developed a near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent protein (FP), termed miRFP670nano, with excitation at 645 nm and emission at 670 nm. This is the first CBCR-derived NIR FP evolved to efficiently bind endogenous biliverdin chromophore and brightly fluoresce in mammalian cells. miRFP670nano is a monomer with molecular weight of 17 kDa that is 2-fold smaller than bacterial phytochrome (BphP)-based NIR FPs and 1.6-fold smaller than GFP-like FPs. Crystal structure of the CBCR-based NIR FP with biliverdin reveals a molecular basis of its spectral and biochemical properties. Unlike BphP-derived NIR FPs, miRFP670nano is highly stable to denaturation and degradation and can be used as an internal protein tag. miRFP670nano is an effective FRET donor for red-shifted NIR FPs, enabling engineering NIR FRET biosensors spectrally compatible with GFP-like FPs and blue-green optogenetic tools. miRFP670nano unlocks a new source of diverse CBCR templates for NIR FPs.

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3T3 CellsAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBiliverdineBiosensing TechniquesCyanobacteriaDirected Molecular EvolutionFemaleFluorescenceHeLa CellsHumansIntravital MicroscopyLuminescent ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceMutagenesisBacterial ProteinsBiliverdineLuminescent ProteinsPhotoreceptors, MicrobialRecombinant Proteins

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