Part:BBa_K1936001

Tom5-eGFP-LOV2

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Usage

While LOV2 domain was previously described for optogenetical control of gene expression (BBa_K1742000) and as reporter gene (BBa_K660003), we took a new approach. The described fusion protein Tom5-eGFP-LOV2 is designed to recruit proteins of choice to the outer mitochondrial membrane (OMM) in engineered eukaryotic cells.

Tom5 is a part of the eukaryotic translocase of outer membrane protein complex and has a single membrane anchor unit that integrates into OMM. [1] We fused it to the N-terminal end of LOV2 domain from A.sativa. Upon exposure to blue light (λ=473nm) the LOV2 peptide undergoes a conformational change and exposes its C-terminal J-alpha-helix which is then able to bind a specifically engineered PDZ domain (BBa_K1470005). [2] The fused enhanced green fluorenscence protein (eGFP) allows the tracking of cellular localization by microscopy.

Our blue light dependent system can be used to recruit any protein of interest to the outer mitochondrial membrane by simply fusing it to an ePDZ domain.

Fig.1 Activation of the blue light dependent OMM recruitment system.

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References

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]

  Illegal BamHI site found at 33
  Illegal BamHI site found at 712
  Illegal XhoI site found at 515
  
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]

  Illegal BsaI.rc site found at 1226