Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification
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...non-specific proteins, and then elute YFP.
Option #2: Opto-Nanobodies (OptoNBs) purification
You skip adding...blue lights.
Which option do you choose?
Option #2 may sound like fiction, but light-controlled protein...experiments.
AsLOV2 Inertion Site
mCherry #1
mCherry #2
GFP
Loop 1
dark-induced
dark-induced
dark-induced...OptoNBs to control cell signaling
The second application for OptoNBs takes us into cells: light-based control... regulation of endogenous signaling activity in cells.
Let’s shed some light on the key components of...their use for protein purification and controlling cell signaling.
Key components of OptoNBs
OptoNBs have...can bind, it co-localizes with its target at the cell membrane and when the OptoNB can’t bind, it localizes...