Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy
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Blog Post
...and analyzing autophagy of cytosol and organelles in yeast cells. Autophagy (Greek for “self-eating”) is...cytosol and organelles to the vacuole/lysosome for degradation and recycling. The key to Rosella’s autophagy-sensing...with the vacuole or lysosome.
Rosella fluorescent properties
Rosella is a dual color-emission biosensor...portion of Rosella: it will emit red fluorescence regardless of its localization in the cell. SEP’s pH ...color fluorescence Rosella emits based on its localization.
Table 1: Summary of Rosella’s excitation and ...fluorescent properties of Rosella.
Table 2: Effect of Localization on Rosella’s fluorescence emission.
...Lysosome
~4.8
Red
Using Rosella to study autophagy in yeast
Rosella is targeted to the cytosol when...