Synthesis and Characterization of a Fluorescent Analogue of Cyclic di-GMP
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01/07/2012
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Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP), a ubiquitous bacterial second messenger, has emerged as a key controller of several biological processes. Numbers of reports that deal with the mechanistic aspects of this second messenger have appeared in the literature. However, the lack of a reporter tag attached to the c-di-GMP at times limits the understanding of further details. In this study, we have chemically coupled N-methylisatoic anhydride (MANT) with c-di-GMP, giving rise to Mant-(c-di-GMP) or MANT-CDG. We have characterized the chemical and physical properties and spectral behavior of MANT-CDG. The fluorescence of MANT-CDG is sensitive to changes in the microenvironment, which helped us study its interaction with three different c-di-GMP binding proteins (a diguanylate cyclase, a phosphodiesterase, and a PilZ domain-containing protein). In addition, we have shown here that MANT-CDG can inhibit diguanylate cyclase activity; however, it is hydrolyzed by c-di-GMP specific phosphodiesterase. Taken together, our data suggest that MANT-CDG behaves like native c-di-GMP, and this study raises the possibility that MANT-CDG will be a valuable research tool for the in vitro characterization of c-di-GMP signaling factors. |
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http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/44918/1/biochemistry_51-27_5443-5453_2012.pdf http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/44918/2/bi3003617_si_001.pdf Sharma, Indra Mani and Dhanaraman, Thillaivillalan and Mathew, Ritta and Chatterji, Dipankar (2012) Synthesis and Characterization of a Fluorescent Analogue of Cyclic di-GMP. In: BIOCHEMISTRY, 51 (27). pp. 5443-5453. |
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AMER CHEMICAL SOC |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi3003617 http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/44918/ |
Palavras-Chave | #Molecular Biophysics Unit |
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Journal Article PeerReviewed |