TY - JOUR
T1 - A Selective, Protein-Based Fluorescent Sensor with Picomolar Affinity for Rare Earth Elements
AU - Mattocks, Joseph A.
AU - Ho, Jackson V.
AU - Cotruvo, Joseph A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2019/2/13
Y1 - 2019/2/13
N2 - Sensitive yet rapid methods for detection of rare earth elements (REEs), including lanthanides (Lns), would facilitate mining and recycling of these elements. Here we report a highly selective, genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for Lns, LaMP1, based on the recently characterized protein, lanmodulin. LaMP1 displays a 7-fold ratiometric response to all LnIIIs, with apparent Kds of 10-50 pM but only weak response to other common divalent and trivalent metal ions. We use LaMP1 to demonstrate for the first time that a Ln-utilizing bacterium, Methylobacterium extorquens, selectively transports early Lns (LaIII-NdIII) into its cytosol, a surprising observation as the only Ln-proteins identified to date are periplasmic. Finally, we apply LaMP1 to suggest the existence of a LnIII uptake system utilizing a secreted metal chelator, akin to siderophore-mediated FeIII acquisition. LaMP1 not only sheds light on Ln biology but also may be a useful technology for detecting and quantifying REEs in environmental and industrial samples.
AB - Sensitive yet rapid methods for detection of rare earth elements (REEs), including lanthanides (Lns), would facilitate mining and recycling of these elements. Here we report a highly selective, genetically encoded fluorescent sensor for Lns, LaMP1, based on the recently characterized protein, lanmodulin. LaMP1 displays a 7-fold ratiometric response to all LnIIIs, with apparent Kds of 10-50 pM but only weak response to other common divalent and trivalent metal ions. We use LaMP1 to demonstrate for the first time that a Ln-utilizing bacterium, Methylobacterium extorquens, selectively transports early Lns (LaIII-NdIII) into its cytosol, a surprising observation as the only Ln-proteins identified to date are periplasmic. Finally, we apply LaMP1 to suggest the existence of a LnIII uptake system utilizing a secreted metal chelator, akin to siderophore-mediated FeIII acquisition. LaMP1 not only sheds light on Ln biology but also may be a useful technology for detecting and quantifying REEs in environmental and industrial samples.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.8b12155
DO - 10.1021/jacs.8b12155
M3 - Article
C2 - 30726674
AN - SCOPUS:85061857508
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 141
SP - 2857
EP - 2861
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 7
ER -