Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools
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...degradation of caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) and its conversion into xanthine. The majority of this operon...enzyme required for conversion of xanthine into guanine, and without xanthine supplied in the media, these ...desired due to its very low quantum efficiency.
ShadowY has a lower quantum yield and higher absorption...material for the bioproduction of therapeutic methylxanthine drugs like theophylline. To facilitate future... glutathione S-transferase homolog from a Janthinobacterium sp. Moreover, a caffeine “addicted” E. coli... of this knockout strain can be rescued by the xanthine produced via complete demethylation of caffeine... assays.
ShadowG is darker than other dark YFP mutants, it reduces the risk of spectral contamination ...