An efficient method for detection of recombinant proteins using a bacteriophytochrome chromophore binding domain from Deinococcus Radiodurans

Bacteriophytochromes are composed of N-terminal region for chromophore binding and C-terminal domain for transmission of a light signal. In this study, the possibility of using the chromophore-binding domain from a Deinococcus radiodurans bacteriophytochrome as a protein tag to enable a rapid and simple detection method for the production of recombinant proteins were evaluated.