Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Optogenetic regulation of endogenous proteins

  • Taras A. Redchuk,
  • Maksim M. Karasev,
  • Polina V. Verkhusha,
  • Sara K. Donnelly,
  • Maren Hülsemann,
  • Jori Virtanen,
  • Henna M. Moore,
  • Maria K. Vartiainen,
  • Louis Hodgson,
  • Vladislav V. Verkhusha

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14460-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Optogenetic approaches to control protein-protein interactions usually require overexpression of the target proteins. Here the authors integrate intrabodies into near-infrared- and blue-light activatable optogenetic tools to control endogenous proteins in mammalian cells.