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Makena K. Janis

University of HoustonORCID 0000-0002-2149-7410Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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BiochemistryBiochemistryPeer-reviewedSep 12, 2023

Zinc-Induced Fluorescence Turn-on in Native and Mutant Phycoerythrobilin-Binding Orange Fluorescent Proteins

Gary C. Jensen, Makena K. Janis, Jazzmin Jara…·Melissa L. Zastrow

The paper demonstrates that GAF2-PEB, a fluorescent protein, shows a 5-fold zinc-induced fluorescence enhancement with blue-shifted emission, suggesting a Zn2+ binding site involving bilin cofactor coordination and a nearby cysteine residue.

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