We here present a Förster resonance energy transfer(FRET)-based and environment-sensitive fluorescent probe VG-1 for vicinal-dithiol-containing proteins(VDPS).VG-1 uniquely contalns two sites sensitive to the pro...We here present a Förster resonance energy transfer(FRET)-based and environment-sensitive fluorescent probe VG-1 for vicinal-dithiol-containing proteins(VDPS).VG-1 uniquely contalns two sites sensitive to the protein environment(SPE)thus it shows weak fluorescence in both blue and green channels(a low FRET efficiency)in solution.After specifically binding with VDPs,its fuorescence in the green channel increases,while that in the blue channel disappears,achieving the specific detection of VDPs.The obvioussignal changes in fluorescence may be attributed to that the increased rigidity of the molecular skeletons causes the enhanced FRET eficiency,The probe also achleved the cell super-resolution imaging of VDPs and the confocal imaging of VDPs in zebrafish.展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21977082,22037002 and 21472148)the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(No.2020JC-38).
文摘We here present a Förster resonance energy transfer(FRET)-based and environment-sensitive fluorescent probe VG-1 for vicinal-dithiol-containing proteins(VDPS).VG-1 uniquely contalns two sites sensitive to the protein environment(SPE)thus it shows weak fluorescence in both blue and green channels(a low FRET efficiency)in solution.After specifically binding with VDPs,its fuorescence in the green channel increases,while that in the blue channel disappears,achieving the specific detection of VDPs.The obvioussignal changes in fluorescence may be attributed to that the increased rigidity of the molecular skeletons causes the enhanced FRET eficiency,The probe also achleved the cell super-resolution imaging of VDPs and the confocal imaging of VDPs in zebrafish.
