Journal
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
Volume 55, Issue 31, Pages 8846-8849Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601537
Keywords
light-driven proton pumps; membrane proteins; protein engineering; proteorhodopsin; synthetic biology
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- University of Bern
- Bern University Research Foundation
- National Centre of Competence in Research Molecular Systems Engineering
- Swiss Nanoscience Institute
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For applications in synthetic biology, for example, the bottom-up assembly of biomolecular nanofactories, modules of specific and controllable functionalities are essential. Of fundamental importance in such systems are energizing modules, which are able to establish an electrochemical gradient across a vesicular membrane as an energy source for powering other modules. Light-driven proton pumps like proteorhodopsin (PR) are excellent candidates for efficient energy conversion. We have extended the versatility of PR by implementing an on/off switch based on reversible chemical modification of a site-specifically introduced cysteine residue. The position of this cysteine residue in PR was identified by structure-based cysteine mutagenesis combined with a proton-pumping assay using E. coli cells overexpressing PR and PR proteoliposomes. The identified PR mutant represents the first light-driven proton pump that can be chemically switched on/off depending on the requirements of the molecular system.
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