TAMRA PEG4-Alkyne is a copper (I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reagent of bright yellow dye that used to generate a stable fluorescence signal in bioimaging. The maxima of Ex/Em values are at 543/575 nm, similar to that of DyLight 549, ATTO 550 and Cy 3. TAMRA might be excited using 543 or 546 nm laser line and displays good optical property. The alkyne reactive group is connected to the dye through a tetraethylene glycol spacer. TAMRA PEG4-alkyne couples with an azide to form 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole inside of living systems without interfering native biochemical processes. Prior to perform CuAAC, the azide functionality should be introduced onto counterpart biomolecule by means of chemical or genetic modification. We offer TAMRA PEG4-alkyne as a click chemistry reagent dye for cellular imaging and nucleotide functionalization.
BioActs provides other traditionally used dyes such as 5(6)-Carboxyfluorescein (FAM) and 5(6)-Carboxytetramethylrhodamine (TAMRA) dyes for labeling of biomolecules. FAM is one of popular green fluorescent reagents used for labeling peptides, proteins and nucleotides. In addition to relatively high absorptivity, good fluorescence quantum yield and good water solubility, FAM has an excitation maximum that closely matches the 488 nm spectral line of the argon-ion laser. TAMRA fluorophore has been a widely used for preparing bioconjugates, especially fluorescent antibody and avidin derivatives. TAMRA dye is also widely utilized for oligonucleotide labeling and automated DNA sequencing applications. TAMRA is often used as FRET acceptor for FAM fluorophore.
Other fluorescent dyes such as Cyanine, ICG, TAMRA, FAM, etc. are also available.
All dyes are equipped with various reactive and functional groups.
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Table 1. TAMRA dye applications
Figure 1. Structure of FAM and TAMRA dyes
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