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tdTomato

tdTomato is a basic (constitutively fluorescent) orange fluorescent protein published in 2004, derived from Discosoma sp.. It is reported to be a somewhat slowly-maturing tandem dimer with low acid sensitivity.
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Oligomerization Organism Molecular Weight Cofactor
Tandem dimer Discosoma sp. 54.2 kDa -

FPbase ID: PGG5S

Attributes

Ex λ Em λ EC (M-1 cm-1) QY Brightness pKa Maturation (min) Lifetime (ns)
554 581 138,000 0.69 95.22 4.7 60.0  

tdTomato OSER Measurements

% Normal Cells OSER/NE ratio Cell Type Reference
57.6 ± 4.9 (10000 cells) - HeLa Cranfill et al. (2016)

Photostability

t1/2 (s) Power Light Mode In Cell Fusion ˚C Reference
70.0   Shaner et al. (2004)

tdTomato Sequence

MVSKGEEVIKEFMRFKVRMEGSMNGHEFEIEGEGEGRPYEGTQTAKLKVTKGGPLPFAWDILSPQFMYGSKAYVKHPADIPDYKKLSFPEGFKWERVMNFEDGGLVTVTQDSSLQDGTLIYKVKMRGTNFPPDGPVMQKKTMGWEASTERLYPRDGVLKGEIHQALKLKDGGHYLVEFKTIYMAKKPVQLPGYYYVDTKLDITSHNEDYTIVEQYERSEGRHHLFLGHGTGSTGSGSSGTASSEDNNMAVIKEFMRFKVRMEGSMNGHEFEIEGEGEGRPYEGTQTAKLKVTKGGPLPFAWDILSPQFMYGSKAYVKHPADIPDYKKLSFPEGFKWERVMNFEDGGLVTVTQDSSLQDGTLIYKVKMRGTNFPPDGPVMQKKTMGWEASTERLYPRDGVLKGEIHQALKLKDGGHYLVEFKTIYMAKKPVQLPGYYYVDTKLDITSHNEDYTIVEQYERSEGRHHLFLYGMDELYK
GenBank: AAV52169
IPG: 3838287

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Primary Reference

Additional References

  1. Two-photon absorption properties of fluorescent proteins

    Drobizhev M, Makarov Ns, Tillo Se, Hughes Te, Rebane A

    (2011). Nature Methods, 8(5) , 393-399. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1596. Article   Pubmed

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