Quantum Dot Targeting with Lipoic Acid Ligase and HaloTag for Single-Molecule Imaging on Living Cells
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Liu, Daniel S.
Phipps, William S.
Loh, Ken H.
Howarth, Mark
Ting, Alice Y.
Date Issued
November 2012
Journal
ACS Nano
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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Liu, Daniel S., William S. Phipps, Ken H. Loh, Mark Howarth, and Alice Y. Ting. “Quantum Dot Targeting with Lipoic Acid Ligase and HaloTag for Single-Molecule Imaging on Living Cells.” ACS Nano (December 5, 2012): 11080-11087.
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Abstract
We present a methodology for targeting quantum dots to specific proteins on living cells in two steps. In the first step, Escherichia coli lipoic acid ligase (LplA) site-specifically attaches 10-bromodecanoic acid onto a 13 amino acid recognition sequence that is genetically fused to a protein of interest. In the second step, quantum dots derivatized with HaloTag, a modified haloalkane dehalogenase, react with the ligated bromodecanoic acid to form a covalent adduct. We found this targeting method to be specific, fast, and fully orthogonal to a previously reported and analogous quantum dot targeting method using E. coli biotin ligase and streptavidin. We used these two methods in combination for two-color quantum dot visualization of different proteins expressed on the same cell or on neighboring cells. Both methods were also used to track single molecules of neurexin, a synaptic adhesion protein, to measure its lateral diffusion in the presence of neuroligin, its trans-synaptic adhesion partner.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1021/nn304793z
