Photophysical Studies at Cryogenic Temperature Reveal a Novel Photoswitching Mechanism of rsEGFP2 - Groupe Dynamique et Cinétique des processus moléculaires / Dynamics and Kinetics of Molecular Processes Group (IBS-DYNAMOP)
Article Dans Une Revue Journal of the American Chemical Society Année : 2023

Photophysical Studies at Cryogenic Temperature Reveal a Novel Photoswitching Mechanism of rsEGFP2

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Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) at cryogenic temperature opens new avenues to investigate intact biological samples at the nanoscale and perform cryo-correlative studies. Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins (FPs) are markers of choice for cryo-SMLM, but their reduced conformational flexibility below the glass-transition temperature hampers efficient cryo-photoswitching. We investigated cryo-switching of rsEGFP2, one of the most efficient reversibly switchable fluorescent proteins at ambient temperature due to facile cis-trans isomerization of the chromophore. UV-visible microspectrophotometry and X-ray crystallography revealed a completely different switching mechanism at ∼110 K. At this cryogenic temperature, on-off photoswitching involves the formation of two off-states in cis conformation with blue-shifted absorption relative to that of the trans protonated chromophore populated at ambient temperature. Only one of these off-states can be switched back to the fluorescent on-state by 405 nm light, while both of them are sensitive to UV light at 355 nm. Superior recovery to the fluorescent on-state by 355 nm light was confirmed at the single-molecule level. This suggests, as also shown by simulations, that employing 355 nm light in cryo-SMLM experiments using rsEGFP2 and possibly other FPs could improve the effective labeling efficiency achievable with this technique. The rsEGFP2 photoswitching mechanism discovered in this work adds to the panoply of known switching mechanisms in fluorescent proteins.
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hal-04162903 , version 1 (20-10-2023)

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Angela Mantovanelli, Oleksandr Glushonkov, Virgile Adam, Jip Wulffelé, Daniel Thédié, et al.. Photophysical Studies at Cryogenic Temperature Reveal a Novel Photoswitching Mechanism of rsEGFP2. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145 (27), pp.14636-14646. ⟨10.1021/jacs.3c01500⟩. ⟨hal-04162903⟩
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