Removal of Chromophore-Proximal Polar Atoms Decreases Water Content and Increases Fluorescence in a Near Infrared Phytofluor

Lehtivuori H, Bhattacharya S, Angenent-Mari Nm, Satyshur Ka, Forest Kt

(2015). Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2, 65. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00065. Article   Pubmed

    Primary Proteins:
  1. WiPhy2
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"This new phytofluor maintains its fluorescent properties over a broad pH range and does not suffer from photobleaching. WiPhy2 achieves the best compromise to date between high fluorescence quantum yield and long illumination wavelength in this class of fluorescent proteins."