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ArticleTraffic (Copenhagen, Denmark)2020

A photostable monomeric superfolder green fluorescent protein.

Fernando M Valbuena, Ivy Fitzgerald, Rita L Strack, Neal Andruska, Luke Smith, Benjamin S Glick

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Article in Traffic (Copenhagen, Denmark), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fernando M ValbuenaDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Ivy FitzgeraldGraduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rita L StrackDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Neal AndruskaDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Luke SmithDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Benjamin S GlickDepartment of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7921-1374
University of Chicago · US

Funding

VIRAL ONCOLOGY CORE FACILITYP30CA014599 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MARK W. LINGEN · 1985 to 2026
$122.1M
Molecular And Cellular Biology Training ProgramT32GM007183 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S, RICE, PHOEBE A · 1985 to 2021
$23.9M
Dissecting the functions of yeast COPI - Resubmission 01R01GM104010 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S · 2013 to 2020
$3.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014599NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM104010NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria has been engineered extensively in the past to generate variants suitable for protein tagging. Early efforts produced the enhanced variant EGFP and its monomeric derivative mEGFP, which have useful photophysical properties, as well as superfolder GFP, which folds efficiently under adverse conditions. We previously generated msGFP, a monomeric superfolder derivative of EGFP. Unfortunately, compared to EGFP, msGFP and other superfolder GFP variants show faster photobleaching. We now describe msGFP2, which retains monomeric superfolder properties while being as photostable as EGFP. msGFP2 contains modified N- and C-terminal peptides that are expected to reduce nonspecific interactions. Compared to EGFP and mEGFP, msGFP2 is less prone to disturbing the functions of certain partner proteins. For general-purpose protein tagging, msGFP2 may be the best available derivative of A. victoria GFP.

Indexed as

Green Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsProtein FoldingProtein EngineeringGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuminescent Proteinscytotoxicityfluorescent proteinGFPmCherrymonomericmScarletphotobleachingsuperfolder

Identifiers

PMID32415747
PMCPMC7508230
OpenAlexW3024065253

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