Engineered proteins with sensing and activating modules for automated reprogramming of cellular functions

oleh: Jie Sun, Lei Lei, Chih-Ming Tsai, Yi Wang, Yiwen Shi, Mingxing Ouyang, Shaoying Lu, Jihye Seong, Tae-Jin Kim, Pengzhi Wang, Min Huang, Xiangdong Xu, Victor Nizet, Shu Chien, Yingxiao Wang

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

Protein-based biosensors have been engineered to interrogate cellular signaling and manipulate function. Here the authors demonstrate iSNAP, a tool to detect tyrosine phosphorylation and activate desired protein enzymes allowing the control of phagocytosis in macrophages.