May 2018 PMID 29760772

Engineering a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for bacterial synthetic biology.

Josefine Liljeruhm, Saskia K Funk, Sandra Tietscher, Anders D Edlund, Sabri Jamal, Pikkei Wistrand-Yuen, Karl Dyrhage, Arvid Gynnå, Katarina Ivermark, Jessica Lövgren, Viktor Törnblom, Anders Virtanen, Erik R Lundin, Erik Wistrand-Yuen, Anthony C Forster

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Discussions highlight the significance of the chromoprotein palette for bacterial synthetic biology, with examples like individuals purchasing and testing specific proteins (e.g., eforred, purple, blue) and referencing the original article. The tone is enthusiastic and technical, emphasizing utility, stability, and potential applications, which demonstrates active engagement and recognition of the research's importance.

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Participants show high interest, sharing their personal purchases, using the chromoproteins, and referencing the research extensively.

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The study focuses on engineering a variety of eukaryotic chromoproteins (CPs) for use in bacterial synthetic biology, highlighting their advantages over fluorescent proteins (FPs) such as ambient visibility and reduced photodamage.
Researchers optimized and incorporated 14 different CP genes into BioBrick plasmids, examining their expression, color intensity, maturation times, and cellular fitness costs, which varied significantly among the proteins.
To address fitness and stability issues, the team integrated the CP genes into the bacterial chromosome and engineered versions with distinct colors, providing valuable tools for research and potential field applications in biosensing and genetic marking.

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Exploring Colored Proteins in Synthetic Biology

Presenter Ice Cholpisit Kiattiswee from MIT discusses advancements in colored proteins during this SynBioChem mini-lecture. Discover how these proteins can enhance synthetic biology applications and their role as…

theicechol · Jul 25, 2025 300 views

Engineering Colored Proteins for Synthetic Biology Applications

In this mini-lecture, presenter Ice Cholpisit Kiattiswee from MIT discusses engineering colored proteins for synthetic biology. The lecture is part of the SynBioChem series and highlights techniques and references…

theicechol · Jul 26, 2025 272 views

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Sebastian S. Cocioba

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@rt022845 Some from here. https://t.co/bsA7SkadWD

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Sebastian S. Cocioba

@ATinyGreenCell · X

@idogenomics @markowenmartin @profvrr These are not enzymes, they are chromoproteins, a sub-set of fluorescent proteins (some do indeed fluoresce; blue one is a far-red fluorophore). Some of the references here: https://t.co/bsA7SkadWD

Feb 3, 2023 · 1 like · 31,271 followers View post →

Wayne Riekhof

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Links to the the Addgene page and publication from which these came... https://t.co/vV3yz4ISf5 https://t.co/1j83QjJpJk

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RT @rei_nari: GFP系ホモログで、蛍光発さないカラバリがあり、一つの分子を土台に二箇所のアミノ酸のランダム飽和変異でカラバリ創出できてるのめっちゃ面白い Engineering a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for…

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@PatrickHorve Here are the ones I purchased: gfasPurple aeBlue meffBlue cjBlue amajLime fwYellow scOrange spisPink asPink eforRed meffRed Here is the original article where I learned these were available: https://jbioleng.biome https://t.co/Obid5lRXr8

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nico dissmeyer

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RT @JStuttmann: Tested eforred, one of the chromoproteins described here https://t.co/UP3JDKxaAk as a marker. Really cute! Fitness burden,…

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KaWaiMa@lab

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RT @JStuttmann: Tested eforred, one of the chromoproteins described here https://t.co/UP3JDKxaAk as a marker. Really cute! Fitness burden,…

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JStuttmann

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Tested eforred, one of the chromoproteins described here https://t.co/UP3JDKxaAk as a marker. Really cute! Fitness burden, this is 48h, but stable so far. https://t.co/KGP8Ms28PB

Apr 26, 2021 · 9 likes · 2 shares · 339 followers View post →

Addgene

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@conchoecia @GermJuggler @LABrechaun @NathanShaner Perhaps one from this paper? https://t.co/beZm6caQTx These are codon optimized for E. coli and there's 14 different options. https://t.co/RZbaHOP79K

Mar 4, 2020 · 3 likes · 21,204 followers View post →

Dr. Joanne Kamens

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RT @joachimgoedhart: Nice: a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for bacterial synthetic biology (HT @addgene) https://t.co/N4AM47R1Ik htt…

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Dafydd Jones

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RT @joachimgoedhart: Nice: a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for bacterial synthetic biology (HT @addgene) https://t.co/N4AM47R1Ik htt…

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Addgene

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RT @joachimgoedhart: Nice: a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for bacterial synthetic biology (HT @addgene) https://t.co/N4AM47R1Ik htt…

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Joachim Goedhart

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Nice: a palette of eukaryotic chromoproteins for bacterial synthetic biology (HT @addgene) https://t.co/N4AM47R1Ik https://t.co/k05WBFJCN0 https://t.co/125CKYSOWL

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