Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
...); they named this variant MagLOV. Andrew was thrilled to see that MagLOV’s “astonishing” magnetoresponse...further study and development like MagLOV.
The results with MagLOV raise broader questions like “How and...
Figure 2: Fluorescence intensity and ΔF/F of MagLOV, a variant of AsLOV2 with mutations C450P, L496V...Video 1: Fluorescence movie of E. coli expressing MagLOV while a magnet is waved under the sample. The imaged...Video courtesy of Andrew York and Maria Ingaramo.
MagLOV shows a wealth of potential, and while many applications... Maria expect that further-improved variants of MagLOV will be possible with other engineering approaches...Currently, the team is working to identify how MagLOV’s structure changes under magnetic field. Such changes...