Characterization of an orange acceptor fluorescent protein for sensitized spectral fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy using a white-light laser

Yuansheng Sun; Cynthia F. Booker; Sangeeta Kumari; Richard N. Day; Michael W. Davidson; Ammasi Periasamy

doi:10.1117/1.3227036

1 September 2009 Characterization of an orange acceptor fluorescent protein for sensitized spectral fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy using a white-light laser

Yuansheng Sun, Cynthia F. Booker, Sangeeta Kumari, Richard N. Day, Michael W. Davidson, Ammasi Periasamy

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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 5, 054009 (September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3227036

Abstract

Orange fluorescent proteins (FPs) are attractive candidates as Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) partners, bridging the gap between green and red/far-red FPs, but they pose significant challenges using common fixed laser wavelengths. We investigated monomeric Kusabira orange 2 (mKO2) FP as a FRET acceptor for monomeric teal FP (mTFP) as donor on a FRET standard construct using a fixed-distance amino acid linker, expressed in live cells. We quantified the apparent FRET efficiency (E%) of this construct, using sensitized spectral FRET microscopy on the Leica TCS SP5 X imaging system equipped with a white-light laser that allows choosing any excitation wavelength from 470 to 670 nm in 1-nm increments. The E% obtained in sensitized spectral FRET microscopy was then confirmed with fluorescence lifetime measurements. Our results demonstrate that mKO2 and mTFP are good FRET partners given proper imaging setups. mTFP was optimally excited by the Argon 458 laser line, and the 540-nm wavelength excitation for mKO2 was chosen from the white-light laser. The white-light laser generally extends the usage of orange and red/far-red FPs in sensitized FRET microscopy assays by tailoring excitation and emission precisely to the needs of the FRET pair.

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Yuansheng Sun, Cynthia F. Booker, Sangeeta Kumari, Richard N. Day, Michael W. Davidson, and Ammasi Periasamy "Characterization of an orange acceptor fluorescent protein for sensitized spectral fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy using a white-light laser," Journal of Biomedical Optics 14(5), 054009 (1 September 2009). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3227036

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