FlipGFP, a novel fluorescence protease reporter to study apoptosis
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Blog Post
...activate a cascade of caspases, protease enzymes that cleave proteins. Executioner caspases are activated last... executioner caspase reporters. In these reporters, the FRET pair is linked by a caspase cleavage site...one of the linkers is a consensus caspase-3 (an executioner caspase) cleavage site (DEVD). Upon cleavage...used genetically encoded fluorescent executioner caspase reporters. Several apoptosis reporters have been...site. Cutting the linker by a caspase results in a change in fluorescence emission. FRET and fluorescence...Studying apoptosis in vivo using the FlipGFP-based caspase reporter
The Shu Lab successfully used FlipGFP ...staurosporine, which induces apoptosis by activating caspase-3, and detected fluorescence within 2 to 5 hours...