Description:
CLIP-Cell?505isagreenfluorescentsubstratethatcanbeusedtolabelCLIP-tag?fusionproteinsinsidelivingcells,oncellsurfacesorinvitro.Thiscell-permeablesubstrate(BC-505)isbasedontheDyomicsdyeDY-505andissuitableforstandardfluoresceinfiltersets.Ithasanexcitationmaximumat504nmandemissionmaximumat532nm.Thispackageincludes50nmolofCLIP-Cell505substrate,sufficienttomake10mlofa5μMCLIP-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-tagfusionwiththeCLIP-tagfusionproteinsisdescribedinthedocumentationsuppliedwithCLIP-tagplasmids.Thelabelingofthefusionproteinsisdescribedinthisdocument.?
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Storage:CLIP-Cell505shouldbestoredat-20°C(longterm)orat4°Cinthedark(shortterm,lessthan4weeks).Protectthesubstratefromlightandmoisture.Withproperstorageat-20°Cthesubstrateshouldbestableforatleastthreeyearsdryor3monthsdissolvedinDMSO.