Description:
CLIP-Cell™TMR-StarisaphotostableredfluorescentsubstratethatcanbeusedtolabelCLIP-tag™fusionproteinsinsidelivingcells,oncellsurfacesorinvitro.Thiscell-permeablesubstrate(BC-TMR)isbasedontetramethylrhodamineandissuitableforstandardrhodaminefiltersets.Ithasanexcitationmaximumat554 nmandemissionmaximumat580nm.Thispackageincludes30 nmolofCLIP-CellTMR-Star,sufficienttomake10mlofa3µMCLIP-tagfusionproteinlabelingsolution.
TheCLIP-tagproteinlabelingsystemenablesthespecific,covalentattachmentofvirtuallyanymoleculetoaproteinofinterest.CLIP-tagisaproteintagbasedonhumanO6-alkylguanine-DNAalkyltransferase(hAGT).CLIP-tagsubstratesarederivativesofbenzylcytosine(BC).Inthelabelingreaction,thesubstitutedbenzylgroupofthesubstrateiscovalentlyattachedtothereactivecysteineofCLIP-tagformingastablethioetherbond. AlthoughCLIP-tagisbasedonthesameproteinasSNAP-tag®,thebenzylcytosinesubstratesformaseparateclassofsubstrates,differentfromthebenzylguaninesubstratesrecognizedbySNAP-tag.CLIP-tagandSNAP-tagcanbeusedfororthogonalandcomplementarylabelingoftwoproteinssimultaneouslyinthesamecells.
Therearetwostepstousingthissystem:subcloningandexpressionoftheproteinofinterestasaCLIP-tagfusion,andlabelingofthefusionwiththeCLIP-tagsubstrateofchoice.ExpressionofCLIP-tagfusionproteinsisdescribedinthedocumentationsuppliedwithCLIP-tagplasmids.ThelabelingofthefusionproteinswiththeCLIP-tagsubstrateisdescribedinthisdocument.
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Storage:CLIP-CellTMR-Starshouldbestoredat-20°C(longterm)orat4°Cinthedark(shortterm,lessthan4weeks).Protectthesubstratefromlightandmoisture.Withproperstorageat-20°Cthesubstrateshouldbestableforatleastthreeyearsdryor3monthsdissolvedinDMSO.