Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
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...N-terminal consensus sequence (MG-) and prenylation requires a C-terminal consensus sequence (-CaaX). Both modifications...modifications are disrupted when GFP is fused to these sequences.
When N- and C-terminal fusions are not tolerated...alternative is to insert the GFP into the coding sequence of the protein of interest. One of the reasons... reaction requires molecular oxygen and as a consequence GFP remains non-fluorescent under anaerobic conditions...