1HCJ

Photoproduct of the wild-type Aequorea victoria Green Fluorescent Protein


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.267 
  • R-Value Work: 0.209 

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Literature

Phototransformation of Green Fluorescent Protein with Uv and Visible Light Leads to Decarboxylation of Glutamate 222

Van Thor, J.J.Gensch, T.Hellingwerf, K.J.Johnson, L.

(2002) Nat Struct Biol 9: 37

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb739
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    1HCJ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Wild type green fluorescent protein (GFP) from Aequorea victoria absorbs predominantly at 398 nm. Illumination with UV (254 nm) or visible (390 nm) light transforms this state (GFP(398)) into one absorbing at 483 nm (GFP(483)). Here we show that this photoconversion of GFP is a one-photon process that is paralleled by decarboxylation of Glu 222. We propose a mechanism in which decarboxylation is due to electron transfer between the gamma-carboxylate of Glu 222 and the p-hydroxybenzylidene-imidazolidinone chromophore of GFP, followed by reverse transfer of an electron and a proton to the remaining carbon side chain atom of Glu 222. Oxidative decarboxylation of a gamma-carboxylate represents a new type of posttranslational modification that may also occur in enzymes with high-potential reaction intermediates.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, University of Oxford, The Rex Richards Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK. jasper@biop.ox.ac.uk


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN
A, B, C, D
236Aequorea victoriaMutation(s): 1 
Gene Names: GFP
UniProt
Find proteins for P42212 (Aequorea victoria)
Explore P42212 
Go to UniProtKB:  P42212
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupP42212
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Modified Residues  2 Unique
IDChains TypeFormula2D DiagramParent
ABA
Query on ABA
A, B, C, D
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC4 H9 N O2ALA
GYS
Query on GYS
A, B, C, D
L-PEPTIDE LINKINGC14 H15 N3 O5SER, TYR, GLY
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.80 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.267 
  • R-Value Work: 0.209 
  • Space Group: P 1 2 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 71.77α = 90
b = 65.67β = 103.88
c = 110.5γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
SCALAdata scaling
MOLREPphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2001-12-07
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2014-03-05
    Changes: Atomic model, Database references, Derived calculations, Non-polymer description, Other, Source and taxonomy, Structure summary, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2019-05-15
    Changes: Data collection, Derived calculations, Experimental preparation, Other
  • Version 1.3: 2019-10-23
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other
  • Version 2.0: 2023-11-15
    Changes: Atomic model, Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations
  • Version 2.1: 2023-12-13
    Changes: Refinement description