Interactions between proteins play an essential role in metabolic and signaling pathways, cellular processes and organismal systems. We report the development of splitFAST, a fluorescence complementation system for the visualization of transient protein-protein interactions in living cells. Engineered from the fluorogenic reporter FAST (Fluorescence-Activating and absorption-Shifting Tag), which specifically and reversibly binds fluorogenic hydroxybenzylidene rhodanine (HBR) analogs, splitFAST displays rapid and reversible complementation, allowing the real-time visualization of both the formation and the dissociation of a protein assembly.
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Spying on protein-protein interactions with fluorescent chemical-genetic hybrids
(in french : Espionner les interactions protéine-protéine avec des hybrides chemogénétiques fluorescents)
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A split fluorescent reporter with rapid and reversible complementation
Alison G. Tebo and Arnaud Gautier*
PASTEUR, Département de chimie, École normale supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université́, CNRS, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
Nature Communications 10, 2822 (2019)
DOI : 10.1038/s41467-019-10855-0
A split fluorescent reporter with rapid and reversible complementation