Abstract
In this work we evaluate the interaction of two optogenetic protein variants (CIB1, CIBN) with their complementary protein CRY2 by single-molecule tools in cell-free extracts. After validating the blue light induced co-localization of CRY2 and CIB1/N by Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) in live cells, a fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) based method was developed to quantitatively determine the in vitro association of the extracted proteins. Our experiments suggest that CIB1, in comparison with CIBN, possesses a better coupling efficiency with CRY2 due to its intact protein structure and lower diffusion rate within 300 s detection window.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 58-60 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Analytical Biochemistry |
Volume | 458 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- CIB1
- CIBN
- CRY2
- FCS
- FRET
- Optogenetic protein
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology