Citation
- Authors: Kozma, E., Paci, G., Estrada Girona, G., Lemke, E. A., Kele, P.
- Year: 2018
- Journal: Methods Mol Biol 1728 337-363
- Applications: in vitro / DNA / jetPRIME
- Cell type: COS-7
Description: African green monkey kidney cells
Known as: COS, COS7
Abstract
Tetrazine-bearing fluorescent labels enable site-specific tagging of proteins that are genetically manipulated with dienophile modified noncanonical amino acids. The inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction between the tetrazine and the dienophile fulfills the criteria of bioorthogonality allowing fluorescent labeling schemes of live cells. Here, we describe the detailed synthetic and labeling protocols of a near infrared emitting siliconrhodamine-tetrazine probe suitable for super-resolution imaging of residue-specifically engineered proteins in mammalian cells.