Photochem Photobiol Sci, 2021, 20(6):791-803

Chromophore reduction plus reversible photobleaching: how the mKate2 photoconversion works

mKate red-to-green photoconversion is a non-canonical type of phototransformation in fluorescent proteins, with a poorly understood mechanism. We have hypothesized that the daughter mKate2 protein may also be photoconvertible, and that this phenomenon would be connected with mKate(2) chromophore photoreduction. Indeed, upon the intense irradiation of the protein sample supplemented by sodium dithionite, the accumulation of green as well as blue spectral forms is enhanced. The reaction was shown to be reversible upon the reductant's removal. However, an analysis of the fluorescence microscopy data, absorption spectra, kinetics and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that the short-wavelength spectral forms of mKate(2) exist before photoactivation, that their fractions increase light-independently after dithionite addition, and that the conversion is facilitated by the photobleaching of the red chromophore form.

Protasova EA, Mishin AS, Lukyanov KA, Maksimov EG, Bogdanov AM

IBCH: 9279
Ссылка на статью в журнале: https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s43630-021-00060-8
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Данные статьи проверены модераторами 2021-06-06

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