Abstract
The novel fluorescent membrane probe, bis(cyclohexyl)-BODIPY (BCHB)-labeled phosphatidylcholine, is structurally similar to 1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-BODIPY (TMB)-labeled phosphatidylcholine. Formally, BCHB and TMB have similar systems of conjugated bonds; however, spectral properties of the probes are notably different. BCHB and TMB have a perfect spectral overlap. The fact makes BCHB a good FRET acceptor for TMB. Thus, the pair of phosphatidylcholines labeled with BCHB and TMB is a good tool for FRET-based membrane studies, e.g. lipid transfer studies.
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Abbreviations
- Ag-LTP:
-
Anethum graveolens lipid transfer protein
- BODIPY:
-
4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene
- BCHB:
-
2,3;5,6-bis(cyclohexyl)-BODIPY
- FRET:
-
Forster resonance energy transfer
- TMB:
-
1,3,5,7-tetramethyl-BODIPY
- LTP:
-
lipid transfer protein
- PC:
-
phosphatidylcholine
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Alekseeva, D.S. Tretiakova, D.N. Melnikova, Ul.G. Molotkovsky, I.A. Boldyrev, 2016, published in Bioorganicheskaya Khimiya, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 339–344.
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Alekseeva, A.S., Tretiakova, D.S., Melnikova, D.N. et al. Novel fluorescent membrane probe 2,3;5,6-bis(cyclohexyl)-BODIPY-labeled phosphatidylcholine. Russ J Bioorg Chem 42, 305–309 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1068162016030031
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