title: Family of the green fluorescent protein: journey to the end of the rainbow.
abstract: Members of the family of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) are the only known type of natural pigments that are essentially encoded by a single gene, since both the substrate for pigment biosynthesis and the necessary catalytic moieties are provided within a single polypeptide chain. In sharp contrast to the state of knowledge just three years ago when GFP was the only known protein of its kind, a whole family of related proteins, exhibiting striking diversity of features have now been identified. This provides new possibilities for a variety of studies ranging from applied biotechnology to evolutionary ecology.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D002384:Catalysis; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats; D037401:Scyphozoa
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins