Issue 17, 2009

Fluorescent substrates for covalent proteinlabeling catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase

Abstract

Novel small substrates with a variety of fluorophores were designed for the covalent labeling of proteins catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase (MTG). The new design is based on the flexibility in the substrate recognition of MTG for the substitution of the N-terminal protecting group of a conventional transglutaminase substrate, benzyloxycarbonyl-L-glutaminylglycine (Z-QG). Here we report for the first time that MTG can accept diverse fluorophores (dansyl, fluorescein, and rhodamine derivatives) in place of the benzyloxycarbonyl moiety when linked via a β-alanine or ε-aminocaproic acid linker. The utility of the new fluorescent substrates was demonstrated by site-specific, covalent and quantitative labeling of an MTG-reactive Lys-containing peptide tag fused to the N-terminus of a recombinant bacterial alkaline phosphatase with retention of target protein functionality.

Graphical abstract: Fluorescent substrates for covalent protein labeling catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
26 Feb 2009
Accepted
28 May 2009
First published
30 Jun 2009

Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009,7, 3407-3412

Fluorescent substrates for covalent protein labeling catalyzed by microbial transglutaminase

N. Kamiya, H. Abe, M. Goto, Y. Tsuji and H. Jikuya, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2009, 7, 3407 DOI: 10.1039/B904046C

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