Tyrosinase-catalyzed site-specific immobilization of engineered C-phycocyanin to surface

Sci Rep. 2014 Jun 20:4:5370. doi: 10.1038/srep05370.

Abstract

Enzymatic crosslinking of proteins is often limited by the steric availability of the target residues, as of tyrosyl side chains in the case of tyrosinase. Carrying an N-terminal peptide-tag containing two tyrosine residues, the fluorescent protein C-phycocyanin HisCPC from Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 was crosslinked to fluorescent high-molecular weight forms with tyrosinase. Crosslinking with tyrosinase in the presence of L-tyrosine produced non fluorescent high-molecular weight products. Incubated in the presence of tyrosinase, HisCPC could also be immobilized to amino-modified polystyrene beads thus conferring a blue fluorescence. Crosslinking and immobilization were site-specific as both processes required the presence of the N-terminal peptide in HisCPC.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Binding Sites
  • Catalysis
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / chemistry*
  • Drug Stability
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Enzymes, Immobilized / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / enzymology
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Formaldehyde / chemistry*
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase / chemistry*
  • Phycocyanin / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Engineering / methods*
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Synechocystis / enzymology*
  • Synechocystis / genetics

Substances

  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • Enzymes, Immobilized
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Phycocyanin
  • Formaldehyde
  • Monophenol Monooxygenase