TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hogenkamp, Fabian
AU  - Hilgers, Fabienne
AU  - Knapp, Andreas
AU  - Klaus, Oliver
AU  - Bier, Claus
AU  - Binder, Dennis
AU  - Jaeger, Karl-Erich
AU  - Drepper, Thomas
AU  - Pietruszka, Jörg
TI  - Effect of Photocaged Isopropyl β‐d‐1‐Thiogalactopyranoside Solubility on Light‐Responsiveness of LacI‐controlled Expression Systems in Different Bacteria
JO  - ChemBioChem
VL  - 22
IS  - 3
SN  - 1439-7633
CY  - Weinheim
PB  - Wiley-VCH
M1  - FZJ-2020-03841
SP  - 539-547
PY  - 2021
AB  - Photolabile protecting groups play a significant role in controlling biological functions and cellular processes in living cells and tissues, as light offers high spatiotemporal control, is non‐invasive as well as easily tuneable. In the recent past, photo‐responsive inducer molecules such as 6‐nitropiperonyl‐caged IPTG (NP‐cIPTG) have been used as optochemical tools for Lac repressor‐controlled microbial expression systems. To further expand the applicability of the versatile optochemical on‐switch, we have investigated whether the modulation of cIPTG water solubility can improve the light responsiveness of appropriate expression systems in bacteria. To this end, we developed two new cIPTG derivatives with different hydrophobicity and demonstrated both an easy applicability for the light‐mediated control of gene expression and a simple transferability of this optochemical toolbox to the biotechnologically relevant bacteria Pseudomonas putida and Bacillus subtilis. Notably, the more water‐soluble cIPTG derivative proved to be particularly suitable for light‐mediated gene expression in these alternative expression hosts.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - 32914927
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000581110400001
DO  - DOI:10.1002/cbic.202000377
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/885458
ER  -