Green Fluorescent Protein

This protein glows bright green under blue light. Scientists glue it to other proteins to watch them work inside cells.

Fun fact

It came from a jellyfish that drifts in the cold North Pacific.

Words to know

protein
cell

NGSS alignment

MS-LS3-1Structure & function of proteins
MS-LS1-2Inside the cell

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P42212. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P42212.

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