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Fluorescent Dyes and Proteins - Department of Biochemistry

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How to dye: it is easy<br />

Multiple ways to modify proteins<br />

(see Molecular Probes catalogue)<br />

Most common ways are to modify:<br />

1. Lysine<br />

or<br />

Protein target<br />

NHS-dye Amide bond<br />

to dye<br />

2. Cysteine<br />

maleimide-dye Thioether bond<br />

to dye<br />

A Add dye to protein for 3 hr<br />

B 1cm Sephadex column to remove most free dye (10 min)<br />

C Dialyse away rest <strong>of</strong> free dye (24 hr)<br />

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