Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases
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... an ERK kinase translocation reporter with a mRuby2 fluorescent reporter (ERK KTR-mRuby2).
The ERK KTR...with GFP
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Find photoactivatable fluorescent proteins... the active site. Dronpa also produces green fluorescence when exposed to 500 nm light. Under 400 nm ...active, it phosphorylates the ERK KTR and red fluorescence localizes to the cytoplasm. When MEK1 and ERK...inactive, the ERK KTR isn’t phosphorylated and red fluorescence can be found in the nucleus. For testing kinase...Addgene Blog
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