Identification and Characterisation of a pH-stable GFP
Scientific Reports2016Vol. 6(1), pp. 28166–28166
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Tania Michelle Roberts, Fabian Rudolf, Andreas Meyer, René Pellaux, Ellis Whitehead, Sven Panke, Martin Held
Abstract
Green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) are invaluable tools for modern cell biology. Even though many properties of GFP have been successfully engineered, a GFP retaining brightness at low pH has not emerged. This limits the use of GFP in quantitative studies performed in fluctuating or acidic conditions. We report the engineering and characterisation of tandem dimer GFP (pH-tdGFP), a bright and stable GFP that can be efficiently excited and maintains its fluorescence properties in acidic conditions. Therefore, pH-tdGFP could act as a quantitative marker for cellular processes that occur at low pH, such as endocytosis, autophagy or starvation.
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