Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An atomic group the presence of which in the molecule of a compound is supposed to cause the exhibition of fluorescence. Such groupings are the ring structures in pyrone, acridine, anthracene, etc.
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- noun biochemistry A molecule or functional group which is capable of
fluorescence .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Maturation of the wild-type fluorophore is quite efficient at 28 degrees, but increasing the temperature to 37 degrees substantially reduces overall maturation and results in decreased fluorescence.
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Two predominant features of the fluorescent protein fluorophore have important implications for its utility as a probe.
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It is important to note that the native green fluorescent protein fluorophore exists in two states.
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For this to work, the researchers must add the gene for the new enzyme, known as a fluorophore ligase, to each cell at the same time that they add the gene for the protein of interest.
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The discovery of green fluorescent protein in the early 1960s ultimately heralded a new era in cell biology by enabling investigators to apply molecular cloning methods, fusing the fluorophore moiety to a wide variety of protein and enzyme targets, in order to monitor cellular processes in living systems using optical microscopy and related methodology.
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It is remarkable that the principle fluorophore is derived from a triplet of adjacent amino acids: the serine, tyrosine, and glycine residues at locations 65, 66, and 67 (referred to as Ser65, Tyr66, and Gly67; see Figure 2).
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The blue and cyan variants of green fluorescent protein resulted from direct modification of the tyrosine residue at position 66 (Tyr66) in the native fluorophore (see Figure 2).
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In addition, the fluorophore maturation time is reduced with these modifications.
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First, the photophysical properties of green fluorescent protein as a fluorophore are quite complex and thus, the molecule can accommodate a considerable amount of modification.
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The second important feature of green fluorescent protein is that fluorescence is highly dependent on the molecular structure surrounding the tripeptide fluorophore.
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