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Optimized conjugation of a fluorescent label to proteins via intein-mediated activation and ligation. 2004

Robert J Wood, and David D Pascoe, and Zoë K Brown, and Emma M Medlicott, and Marco Kriek, and Cameron Neylon, and Peter L Roach
School of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.

Intein-mediated ligation provides a site-specific method for the attachment of molecular probes to proteins. The method is inherently flexible with regard to either the protein sequence or the attached probe, but practical difficulties have limited the widespread use of this valuable labeling system for the attachment of small- to medium-sized molecules. We report herein studies to improve the efficiency and practical application of these reactions, including the assembly of plasmids for the expression of target-intein fusion proteins and the analysis of their reaction with a fluorescent cysteine derivative under a range of conditions. Optimal ligation of the fluorophore to the target protein is critically dependent on the degree of oxidation of the fluorescent cysteine derivative. Efficient ligation has been achieved with freshly prepared fluorescent cysteine derivative under rigorously anaerobic conditions. Similar ligation yields have also been achieved using more practically convenient conditions including anaerobic reaction with addition of thiophenol, or aerobic reaction with the further addition of tricarboxyethylphosphine.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011485 Protein Binding The process in which substances, either endogenous or exogenous, bind to proteins, peptides, enzymes, protein precursors, or allied compounds. Specific protein-binding measures are often used as assays in diagnostic assessments. Plasma Protein Binding Capacity,Binding, Protein
D005456 Fluorescent Dyes Chemicals that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags. Flourescent Agent,Fluorescent Dye,Fluorescent Probe,Fluorescent Probes,Fluorochrome,Fluorochromes,Fluorogenic Substrates,Fluorescence Agents,Fluorescent Agents,Fluorogenic Substrate,Agents, Fluorescence,Agents, Fluorescent,Dyes, Fluorescent,Probes, Fluorescent,Substrates, Fluorogenic
D006868 Hydrolysis The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.
D000332 Aerobiosis Life or metabolic reactions occurring in an environment containing oxygen. Aerobioses
D000693 Anaerobiosis The complete absence, or (loosely) the paucity, of gaseous or dissolved elemental oxygen in a given place or environment. (From Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed) Anaerobic Metabolism,Anaerobic Metabolisms,Anaerobioses,Metabolism, Anaerobic,Metabolisms, Anaerobic
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial

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