Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies
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...C-terminal fusion of a tetracysteine tag. In addition, since these tags are so small, one can insert them... lure the ribosome into inserting a fluorophore-tagged amino acid at a stop codon (often amber i.e. UAG...termination at stop codons, expression levels of these tagged proteins are often very low. In addition, a major...which can be carried out using Addgene plasmids.
His-tag labeling reagents
You may already have a FRET acceptor-binding...: you just don’t know it yet! The poly-histidine tag often used for protein purification is a reliable...for protein purification: the NTA binds to the His tag on your protein and the coupled Cy fluorophore acts...well as by extending the length of the histidine tag from 6 to 10 residues. While these Cy/NTA conjugates...