Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream
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Blog Post
...the tool, and develop new applications for magnetoresponsive proteins.
Motivated by curiosity
Although...Maria dreamed about the possibilities of a magnetoresponsive fluorescent protein. Controlling an optogenetic...experiments to see if any small molecules act as a cofactor (among others, flavins are very effective) and...self-labeling FlavinTag made a reliable one-component magnetoresponsive system that could be expressed and purified...thrilled to see that MagLOV’s “astonishing” magnetoresponse was clearly visible whether expressed in E....or in purified form, and didn’t need any added cofactors.
Figure 2: Fluorescence intensity...respond to magnetic fields?” and “What are magnetoresponsive fluorescent proteins good for?”, and while...