Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nat Methods. 2015 Jan;12(1):51-4. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.3179. Epub 2014 Nov 24.
APEX is an engineered peroxidase that functions as an electron microscopy tag and a promiscuous labeling enzyme for live-cell proteomics. Because limited sensitivity precludes applications requiring low APEX expression, we used yeast-display evolution to improve its catalytic efficiency. APEX2 is far more active in cells, enabling the use of electron microscopy to resolve the submitochondrial localization of calcium uptake regulatory protein MICU1. APEX2 also permits superior enrichment of endogenous mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum membrane proteins.
APEX 是一种工程过氧化物酶,可作为电子显微镜标记物和用于活细胞蛋白质组学的广谱标记酶。由于有限的灵敏度排除了需要低 APEX 表达的应用,我们使用酵母展示进化来提高其催化效率。APEX2 在细胞中的活性要高得多,这使得可以使用电子显微镜来解析钙摄取调节蛋白 MICU1 的亚线粒体定位。APEX2 还可以更好地富集内源性线粒体和内质网膜蛋白。
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