Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins
Type
Blog Post
...irreversible PA-FP reported was PA-GFP. PA-GFP was derived from Jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) GFP (wtGFP) by mutating...mutation in PA-GFP generates a chromophore population that is more neutral, causing PA-GFP to display ...imaging models perfer the PA-RFPs over PA-GFP.
Another class of irreversible PA-FPs are the photoconvertible...blue light (1).
Similar to PA-GFP, scientists later developed red fluorescent PA-FPs by performing several...example, by engineering PA-GFP tagged to a mitochondrial matrix protein (mito-PAGFP) the Youle Lab was able...from the neutral to the anionic form, which allows PA-GFP to exhibit up to a 100-fold increase in fluorescence...Fluorescence)
Brightness
Excitation/ Emission (nm)
PA-GFP
Monomer
UV-Violet
Dark/ Green
~200
Medium
504/ ...