Strategy for Efficient Site-Specific FRET-Dye Labeling of Ubiquitin

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• 作者：Michael Wen-Pin Kao ; Li-Ling Yang ; Jacky Chih-Kai Lin ; Tsong-Shin Lim ; Wunshain Fann ; Rita P.-Y. Chen
• 刊名：Bioconjugate Chemistry
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：June 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：19
• 期：6
• 页码：1124 - 1126
• 全文大小：268K
• 年卷期：v.19,no.6(June 2008)
• ISSN：1520-4812

文摘

To study conformational changes within a single protein molecule, sp-FRET (single pair fluorescence resonance energy transfer) is an important technique to provide distance information. However, incorporating donor and acceptor dyes into the same protein molecule is not an easy task. Here, we report a strategy for the efficient double-labeling of a protein on a solid support. An ubiquitin mutant with two Cys mutations, one with high solvent accessibility and the other with low solvent accessibility, was constructed. The protein was bound to magnetic beads and reacted with the dyes. The first dye reacted with the side-chain of the Cys with the high solvent accessibility and the second with the other Cys under partially denaturing conditions. Using this method, we can easily label two dyes in a site-specific way on ubiquitin with a satisfied yield. The labeling sites for donor and acceptor dyes can be easily swapped.