Chameleon labels for staining and quantifying proteins
Chameleon labels for staining and quantifying proteins
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200460508
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发表时间:
2004-01-01
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16.6
通讯作者:
Wolfbeis, OS
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作者:
Wetzl, BK;Yarmoluk, SM;Wolfbeis, OS
The analysis of a protein pattern, its temporal changes, and the interpretation of its function is one of the fascinating technologies at present and is often referred to as proteomics.[1] Protein patterns can be analyzed by a variety of methods including gel electrophoresis, blotting, or by socalled biochips.[2] While biochips (and protein arrays) are preferably applied to systems of known protein composition to identify specific proteins, electrophoresis in one-or twodimensional form is readily applied to unknown samples.[2] Since gel electrophoresis is a separation technique, it also requires appropriate methods for determination (or visualization) of proteins.[3] Standard methods for visualization include silver staining or staining with dyes, such as Coomassie Brilliant Blue (CBB) or Amido Black B.[4] Fluorescent methods for staining and visualization of proteins are of particular interest because of the high sensitivity of (laserinduced) fluorescence, which has reached the nano-and picomole (if not zeptomole or single molecule) level, at least for solutions.Two types of fluorescent protein stains need to be distinguished: The first involves covalent linkage of the stain to a functional group of a protein (such as amino or thiol), the second involves noncovalent protein–stain interaction. Both have their merits. A covalent linkage to the protein is stable (ie, the tag cannot be washed out), while noncovalent labeling enables, for example, mass spectroscopy to be performed because no change in the total mass of the protein occurs on staining.[5] Typical noncovalent protein stains include the SYPRO dyes (certain organic or organometallic fluorochromes) that give red or pink emissions.[6] The stains bind to proteins with high affinity which then can be determined in gels in quantities of 2–10 ng/band. Covalent fluorescent labeling, in contrast, is widely used in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Conjugation is achieved by either pre-staining (that is, before electrophoresis) or after electrophoresis. A variety of covalently binding labels are known.[6–8] However, all of them have spectral properties that are identical (within a few nm) in the free and the protein-