PV
Patrick Van Dijck
  • Faculty, Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Botany and Microbiology, KU Leuven, Belgium
研究方向
  • Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Genetic Tagging and Imaging of Proteins with iFAST in Candida albicans
使用iFAST在白色念珠菌中进行蛋白质的基因标记与成像
作者:Jonas Devos, Patrick Van Dijck and Wouter Van Genechten日期:10/05/2024,浏览量:362,Q&A: 0

Candida albicans is the most common human fungal pathogen, able to reside in a broad range of niches within the human body. Even though C. albicans systemic infection is associated with high mortality, the fungus has historically received relatively little attention, resulting in a lack of optimized molecular and fluorescent tools. Over the last decade, some extra focus has been put on the optimization of fluorescent proteins (FPs) of C. albicans. However, as the FPs are GFP-type, they require an aerobic environment and a relatively long period to fully mature. Recently, we have shown the application of a novel type of fluorogen-based FP, with an improved version of fluorescence activating and absorption shifting tag (iFAST), in C. albicans. Due to the dynamic relation between iFAST and its fluorogens, the system has the advantage of being reversible in terms of fluorescence. Furthermore, the combination of iFAST with different fluorogens results in different spectral and cellular properties, allowing customization of the system.