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    Green fluorescent protein - Wikipedia

    • The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to light in the blue to ultraviolet range. The label GFP traditionally refers to the protein first isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and is sometimes called avGFP. However, GFPs have been found in other organisms including corals, sea anemones… See more

    Background

    In the 1960s and 1970s, GFP, along with the separate luminescent protein aequorin (an enzyme that catalyzes the breakdown of luciferin, releasing light), was first purified from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and its properties … See more

    In nature

    The purpose of both the (primary) bioluminescence (from aequorin's action on luciferin) and the (secondary) fluorescence of GFP in jellyfish is unknown. GFP is co-expressed with aequorin in small granules around the … See more

    Other fluorescent proteins

    There are many GFP-like proteins that, despite being in the same protein family as GFP, are not directly derived from Aequorea victoria. These include dsRed, eqFP611, Dronpa, TagRFPs, KFP, EosFP/Iris… See more

    Structure

    GFP has a beta barrel structure consisting of eleven β-strands with a pleated sheet arrangement, with an alpha helix containing the covalently bonded chromophore 4-(p-hydroxybenzylidene)imidazolidin-5-one (HBI) runni… See more

    Applications

    Green fluorescent protein may be used as a reporter gene.
    For example, GFP can be used as a reporter for environmental toxicity levels. This protein has been shown to be an effective w… See more

    Further reading

    • Pieribone V, Gruber D (2006). Aglow in the Dark: The Revolutionary Science of Biofluorescence. Cambridge: Belknap Press. ISBN 978-0-674-01921-8. OCLC 60321612. Popular science book describing … See more

     
  1. Green fluorescent protein
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    The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to light in the blue to ultraviolet range. The label GFP traditionally refers to the protein first isolated from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and is sometimes called avGFP.
    The very aptly named green fluorescent protein — or GFP as it is almost universally known — is a barrel-shaped protein made up of 238 amino acids. Threaded through the long axis of the β-sheet barrel is an α-helix that contains a chromophore that is responsible for the emission of green light when GFP is exposed to either blue or ultaviolet light.
    The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a monomeric cytoplasmic fluorescent protein that emits green fluorescent light upon exposure to the blue to ultraviolet (UV) spectral regions.
    Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a bioluminescent polypeptide consisting of 238 residues isolated from the body of Aequorea victoria jellyfish. GFP converts the blue chemiluminescent of aequorin in the jellyfish into green fluorescent light.
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