Bianco Piero R, Stanenas Adam J, Liu Juan, Cohan Christopher S
Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Methods Mol Biol. 2012;922:235-44. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-032-8_18.
Fluorescent single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSB) that have a defined number of fluorophores per tetramer are invaluable tools to understand biochemical mechanism and biological function. Here, we describe the purification of fluorescent SSB chimeras with a unique number of fluorescent subunits incorporated per tetramer. We describe the use of these tetramers to enable clear visualization of SSB in vivo. Purified chimeras also facilitate single molecule studies (Liu et al., Protein Sci 20:1005-1020, 2011).
每个四聚体含有特定数量荧光团的荧光单链DNA结合蛋白(SSB)是理解生化机制和生物学功能的宝贵工具。在此,我们描述了荧光SSB嵌合体的纯化方法,该嵌合体每个四聚体包含独特数量的荧光亚基。我们还描述了如何使用这些四聚体在体内清晰地可视化SSB。纯化的嵌合体也有助于单分子研究(Liu等人,《蛋白质科学》20:1005 - 1020,2011)。