Spectroscopic and Structural Analysis of Cu2+-Induced Fluorescence Quenching of ZsYellow
Open Access
- 23 March 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in Biosensors
- Vol. 10 (3), 29
- https://doi.org/10.3390/bios10030029
Abstract
Fluorescent proteins exhibit fluorescence quenching by specific transition metals, suggesting their potential as fluorescent protein-based metal biosensors. Each fluorescent protein exhibits unique spectroscopic properties and mechanisms for fluorescence quenching by metals. Therefore, the metal-induced fluorescence quenching analysis of various new fluorescent proteins would be important step towards the development of such fluorescent protein-based metal biosensors. Here, we first report the spectroscopic and structural analysis of the yellow fluorescent protein ZsYellow, following its metal-induced quenching. Spectroscopic analysis showed that ZsYellow exhibited a high degree of fluorescence quenching by Cu2+. During Cu2+-induced ZsYellow quenching, fluorescence emission was recovered by adding EDTA. The crystal structure of ZsYellow soaked in Cu2+ solution was determined at a 2.6 Å resolution. The electron density map did not indicate the presence of Cu2+ around the chromophore or the β-barrel surface, which resulted in fluorescence quenching without Cu2+ binding to specific site in ZsYellow. Based on these results, we propose the fluorescence quenching to occur in a distance-dependent manner between the metal and the fluorescent protein, when these components get to a closer vicinity at higher metal concentrations. Our results provide useful insights for future development of fluorescent protein-based metal biosensors.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1D1A1B03033087, NRF-2017M3A9F6029736)
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