Inouye, Satoshi; Sahara-Miura, Yuiko; Nakamura, Mitsuhiro; Hosoya, Takamitsu published the artcile< Expression, purification, and characterization of recombinant apoPholasin>, Category: thiazole, the main research area is apoPholasin glutathione transferase coelenterazine reactive oxygen species oxidation; Coelenteramide; Coelenteramine; Dehydrocoelenterazine; Photoproteins; Reactive oxygen.
Pholasin is a reactive oxygen-sensitive photoprotein that consists of an apoprotein (apoPholasin) and an unknown chromophore. The preferred human codon-optimized apoPholasin gene was transiently expressed in mammalian cells and apoPholasin was detected using an anti-recombinant apoPholasin antibody. For the first time, we found that apoPholasin secreted into the culture medium could catalyze the oxidation of coelenterazine (CTZ, a luciferin) to produce continuous luminescence. The fusion protein of apoPholasin and glutathione S-transferase (GST-apoPholasin) was successfully expressed as a soluble form in bacterial cells using the cold induction system. The purified GST-apoPholasin also had luminescence activity with CTZ, showing the bioluminescence emission peak at 461 nm, and the resultant product showed purple blue fluorescence under 365 nm light. Unexpectedly, the main oxidation product of CTZ was identified as coelenteramine (CTM), not coelenteramide (CTMD).
Protein Expression and Purification published new progress about Absorption. 2591-17-5 belongs to class thiazole, and the molecular formula is C11H8N2O3S2, Category: thiazole.
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