Engineering a Light-Controllable Fluorescent Protein for Peroxynitrite Detection via Genetic Code Expansion

Abstract

We report a noncanonical amino acid-containing photoconvertible fluorescent protein for selective peroxynitrite detection. Incorporation of p-borono-L-phenylalanine into circularly permuted mEos2 affords a peroxynitrite-responsive sensor that retains photoconversion capability, expanding chemical diversity in light-controllable fluorescent proteins.

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Mar 2026
Accepted
13 Jun 2026
First published
18 Jun 2026
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

RSC Chem. Biol., 2026, Accepted Manuscript

Engineering a Light-Controllable Fluorescent Protein for Peroxynitrite Detection via Genetic Code Expansion

G. Roman Arocho, P. Das, S. Tennakoon, J. Shaw, W. Niu and J. Guo, RSC Chem. Biol., 2026, Accepted Manuscript , DOI: 10.1039/D6CB00083E

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