Kinetic and Structural Characterization of the Self-Labeling Protein Tags HaloTag7, SNAP-tag, and CLIP-tag

The self-labeling protein tags (SLPs) HaloTag7, SNAP-tag, and CLIP-tag allow the covalent labeling of fusion proteins with synthetic molecules for applications in bioimaging and biotechnology. To guide the selection of an SLP-substrate pair and provide guidelines for the design of substrates, we report a systematic and comparative study of the labeling kinetics and substrate specificities of HaloTag7, SNAP-tag, and CLIP-tag. HaloTag7 reaches almost diffusion-limited labeling rate constants with certain rhodamine substrates, which are more than 2 orders of magnitude higher than those of SNAP-tag for the corresponding substrates. SNAP-tag labeling rate constants, however, are less affected by the structure of the label than those of HaloTag7, which vary over 6 orders of magnitude for commonly employed substrates. Determining the crystal structures of HaloTag7 and SNAP-tag labeled with fluorescent substrates allowed us to rationalize their substrate preferences. We also demonstrate how these insights can be exploited to design substrates with improved labeling kinetics.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Biochemistry - 60(2021), 33 vom: 24. Aug., Seite 2560-2575

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wilhelm, Jonas [VerfasserIn]
Kühn, Stefanie [VerfasserIn]
Tarnawski, Miroslaw [VerfasserIn]
Gotthard, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Tünnermann, Jana [VerfasserIn]
Tänzer, Timo [VerfasserIn]
Karpenko, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Mertes, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Xue, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Uhrig, Ulrike [VerfasserIn]
Reinstein, Jochen [VerfasserIn]
Hiblot, Julien [VerfasserIn]
Johnsson, Kai [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Comparative Study
EC 2.1.1.63
Fluorescent Dyes
Journal Article
O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rhodamines

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Date Completed 19.11.2021

Date Revised 03.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00258

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328836982