Role of Green Fluorescent Proteins and Their Variants in Development of FRET-based Sensors

Overview

Journal J Biosci

Specialties Biochemistry
Biology

Date 2018 Sep 13

PMID 30207321

Citations 6

Authors

Neha Soleja

Ovais Manzoor

Imran Khan

Altaf Ahmad

Mohd Mohsin

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Abstract

Since the last decade, a lot of advancement has been made to understand biological processes involving complex intracellular pathways. The major challenge faced was monitoring and trafficking of metabolites in real time. Although a range of quantitative and imaging techniques have been developed so far, the discovery of green fluorescent proteins (GFPs) has revolutionized the advancement in the field of metabolomics. GFPs and their variants have enabled researchers to 'paint' a wide range of biological molecules. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based genetically encoded sensors is a promising technology to decipher the real-time monitoring of the cellular events inside living cells. GFPs and their variants, due to their intrinsic fluorescence properties, are extensively being used nowadays in cell-based assays. This review focuses on structure and function of GFP and its derivatives, mechanism emission and their use in the development of FRET-based sensors for metabolites.

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