A rainbow of fluoromodules: A promiscuous scFv protein binds to and activates a diverse set of fluorogenic cyanine dyes

Hayriye Özhalici-Ünal, Crystal Lee Pow, Sarah A. Marks, Lawrence D. Jesper, Gloria L. Silva, Nathaniel I. Shank, Elizabeth W. Jones, James M. Burnette, Peter B. Berget, Bruce A. Armitage

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Abstract

Combined magnetic and fluorescence cell sorting were used to select Fluorogen Activating Proteins (FAPs) from a yeast surface-displayed library for binding to the fluorogenic cyanine dye Dimethyl Indole Red (DIR). Several FAPs were selected that bind to the dye with low nanomolar Kd values and enhance fluorescence more than 100-fold. One of these FAPs also exhibits considerable promiscuity, binding with high affinity to several other fluorogenic cyanine dyes with emission wavelengths covering most of the visible and near-IR regions of the spectrum. This significantly expands the number and wavelength range of scFv-based fluoromodules.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12620-12621
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume130
Issue number38
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 24 2008

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