
Sensitive and accurate detection of specific metal ions is important for sensor development and can advance analytical science and support environmental and human medical examinations. Fluorescent proteins (FPs) can be quenched by specific metal ions and spectroscopically show a unique fluorescence-quenching sensitivity, suggesting their potential application as FP-based metal biosensors. Since the characteristics of the fluorescence quenching are difficult to predict, spectroscopic analysis of new FPs is important for the development of FP-based biosensors. Here we reported the spectroscopic and structural analysis of metal-induced fluorescence quenching of the photoconvertible fluorescent protein DendFP. The spectroscopic analysis showed that Fe2+, Fe3+, and Cu2+ significantly reduced the fluorescence emission of DendFP. The metal titration experiments showed that the dissociation constants (Kd) of Fe2+, Fe3+, and Cu2+ for DendFP were 24.59, 41.66, and 137.18 μM, respectively. The tetrameric interface of DendFP, which the metal ions cannot bind to, was analyzed. Structural comparison of the metal-binding sites of DendFP with those of iq-mEmerald and Dronpa suggested that quenchable DendFP has a unique metal-binding site on the β-barrel that does not utilize the histidine pair for metal binding.
Ions, crystal structure, metal biosensor; fluorescent protein; DendFP; fluorescence quenching; crystal structure, fluorescence quenching, Organic chemistry, DendFP, Biosensing Techniques, Article, Fluorescence, Luminescent Proteins, QD241-441, Metals, metal biosensor, fluorescent protein, Humans, Histidine, Fluorescent Dyes
Ions, crystal structure, metal biosensor; fluorescent protein; DendFP; fluorescence quenching; crystal structure, fluorescence quenching, Organic chemistry, DendFP, Biosensing Techniques, Article, Fluorescence, Luminescent Proteins, QD241-441, Metals, metal biosensor, fluorescent protein, Humans, Histidine, Fluorescent Dyes
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