Multiphoton switching dynamics of single green fluorescent proteins

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2004 Sep;70(3 Pt 1):030901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.030901. Epub 2004 Sep 21.

Abstract

Multi-photon driven photo-switching between dark and bright (fluorescent) states of a green fluorescent protein (GFP) mutant is demonstrated. A single-protein investigation shows the existence of two distinct bright states that display sharp two-photon cross-section bands peaked at 780 nm and at 870 nm. Fluorescence of these two species can be independently switched on and off. These results highlight a new photoconversion pathway for photochromic GFPs and can have significant applications in multi-photon confocal microscopy and in optical data-storage architectures.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / analysis*
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / chemistry*
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / radiation effects
  • Microscopy, Confocal / methods*
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton / methods*
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Recombinant Proteins / analysis
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / radiation effects
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence / methods*

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins