Bichromophoric dyes for wavelength shifting of dye-protein fluoromodules

Org Biomol Chem. 2015 Mar 28;13(12):3699-710. doi: 10.1039/c4ob02522a.

Abstract

Dye-protein fluoromodules consist of fluorogenic dyes and single chain antibody fragments that form brightly fluorescent noncovalent complexes. This report describes two new bichromophoric dyes that extend the range of wavelengths of excitation or emission of existing fluoromodules. In one case, a fluorogenic thiazole orange (TO) was attached to an energy acceptor dye, Cy5. Upon binding to a protein that recognizes TO, red emission due to efficient energy transfer from TO to Cy5 replaces the green emission observed for monochromophoric TO bound to the same protein. Separately, TO was attached to a coumarin that serves as an energy donor. The same green emission is observed for coumarin-TO and TO bound to a protein, but efficient energy transfer allows violet excitation of coumarin-TO, versus longer wavelength, blue excitation of monochromophoric TO. Both bichromophores exhibit low nanomolar KD values for their respective proteins, >95% energy transfer efficiency and high fluorescence quantum yields.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Benzothiazoles / chemistry
  • Coumarins / chemistry
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry*
  • Light*
  • Microscopy, Confocal
  • Proteins / metabolism*
  • Quinolines / chemistry
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / cytology
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet

Substances

  • Benzothiazoles
  • Coumarins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Proteins
  • Quinolines
  • thiazole orange
  • coumarin