Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 27, 2015, 3 p.m.
...positioning of the FP sequence relative to cell compartment targeting sequences, which often have absolute...requirements. For example, a KDEL ER retrieval sequence only functions at the extreme C-terminus [3]. ...Additionally, FPs that encode N-glycosylation consensus sequences are modified with the addition of N-glycans [9...using FPs containing two cysteine residues and a sequence intended to localize them to the secretory pathway...cysteine residues and N-glycosylation consensus sequences in popular FPs. This generated a palette of inert...others (5, 6, 7, 10, 11) highlight the very real consequences of misfolded dark FP fusions including erroneous...