%0 Journal Article
%A Dastpeyman, Samaneh
%A Godin, Robert
%A Cosa, Gonzalo
%A English, Ann M.
%D 2020
%T Quantifying Heme–Protein Maturation from Ratiometric
Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements on the Single Fluorophore in Its
GFP Fusion
%U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Quantifying_Heme_Protein_Maturation_from_Ratiometric_Fluorescence_Lifetime_Measurements_on_the_Single_Fluorophore_in_Its_GFP_Fusion/11608353
%R 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b11901.s001
%2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/21009735
%K holoCcp
%K GFP Fusion Protein maturation
%K ratiometric intensity-based measurements
%K yeast cytochrome c peroxidase
%K ratiometric fluorescence lifetime measurements offer promise
%K model heme-binding protein
%K quenches GFP fluorescence
%K FLIM
%K GRRIPGLIN
%K apoCcp
%K yeast cells chromosomally
%K Ratiometric Fluorescence Lifetime Measurements
%K Ccp 1
%K Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
%X Protein maturation
by heme insertion is a common post-translation
modification of key biological importance. Nonetheless, where and
when this maturation occurs in eukaryotic cells remain unknown for
most heme proteins. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that the
maturation of a chromosomally expressed, endogenous heme protein fused
to a green fluorescent protein (GFP) can be tracked in live cells.
Selecting yeast cytochrome c peroxidase (Ccp1) as our model heme-binding
protein, we first characterized the emission in vitro of recombinant
Ccp1–GFP with GFP fused C-terminally to Ccp1 by the linker
GRRIPGLIN. Time-correlated single-photon counting reveals a single
fluorescence lifetime for heme-free apoCcp1–GFP, τ0 = 2.84 ± 0.01 ns. Heme bound to Ccp1 only partially
quenches GFP fluorescence since holoCcp1–GFP exhibits two lifetimes,
τ1 = 0.95 ± 0.02 and τ2 = 2.46
± 0.03 ns with fractional amplitudes a1 = 38 ± 1.5% and a2 = 62 ±
1.5%. Also, τ and a are independent of Ccp1–GFP
concentration and solution pH between 5.5 and 8.0, and a standard
plot of a1 vs % holoCcp1–GFP in
mixtures with apoCcp1–GFP is linear, establishing that the
fraction of Ccp1–GFP with heme bound can be determined from a1. Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
(FLIM) of live yeast cells chromosomally expressing the same Ccp1–GFP
fusion revealed 30% holoCcp1–GFP (i.e., mature Ccp1) and 70%
apoCcp1–GFP in agreement with biochemical measurements on cell
lysates. Thus, ratiometric fluorescence lifetime measurements offer
promise for probing heme–protein maturation in live cells,
and we can dispense with the reference fluorophore required for ratiometric
intensity-based measurements.
%I ACS Publications