Title: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Model Red Fluorescent Protein Chromophores
Abstract: Here we describe the synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of two compounds designed to model the chromophore in DsRed, a red fluorescent protein. Comparison with model green fluorescent protein (GFP) chromophores indicates that the additional conjugation in the DsRed models can account, in part, for the red-shifted absorption and emission properties of DsRed compared to those of GFP. In contrast to the GFP models, the DsRed models are fluorescent with quantum yields of 0.002−0.01 in CHCl3.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-04-09
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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