Green fluorescent protein is superior to blue fluorescent protein as a quantitative reporter of promoter activity in E. coli.

Abstract:

:Fluorescent proteins related to and derived from green fluorescent protein (GFP) are widely used as tools for investigating a wide range of biological processes. In particular, GFP and its relatives have been used extensively as qualitative reporters of gene expression in many different organisms, but relatively few studies have investigated fluorescent proteins as quantitative reporters of gene expression. GFP has some limitations as a reporter gene, including possible toxicity when expressed at high levels. Therefore, it would be useful if other fluorescent proteins could be identified for use as quantitative reporters. Toward this end, we investigated BFP as a quantitative reporter of promoter activity in E. coli and directly compared it with GFPuv using a set of well-characterized synthetic constitutive promoters. The fluorescence produced in E. coli strains expressing GFPuv or BFP grown on solid medium was quantified using a CCD camera and fluorimetry. GFPuv consistently gave more reliable and statistically significant results than did BFP in all assays. Correspondingly, we found that the signal-to-noise ratio for GFPuv fluorescence is substantially higher than for BFP. We conclude that, under the conditions assessed in this study, GFPuv is superior to BFP as a quantitative reporter of promoter activity in E. coli.

journal_name

Mol Biol Rep

authors

Lissemore JL,Bayes J,Calvey M,Reineke L,Colagiavanni A,Tscheiner M,Mascotti DP

doi

10.1007/s11033-008-9285-5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-05-01 00:00:00

pages

1107-12

issue

5

eissn

0301-4851

issn

1573-4978

journal_volume

36

pub_type

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