Selective Fluorescence Recovery after Bleaching of Single E2GFP Proteins Induced by Two-Photon Excitation
✍ Scribed by G. Chirico; A. Diaspro; F. Cannone; M. Collini; S. Bologna; V. Pellegrini; F. Beltram
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-4235
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We report the two‐photon excitation and emission of a recently developed green fluorescent protein (GFP) mutant, E^2^GFP. Two main excitation bands are found at 780 and 870 nm. Blinking and irreversible and reversible bleaching were observed. Fluorescence blinking occurs in the millisecond range and has been ascribed to conversions between the neutral, anionic and dark zwitterionic states. Bleaching is observed after approximately 10 to 4000 ms depending on the excitation power, and it is probably due to a conversion to a dark state. The striking feature of this GFP mutant is that the fluorescence can be recovered with very high efficiency only upon irradiation at 720±10 nm. This GFP mutant therefore seems promising as an almost permanent chromophore for two‐photon excitation (TPE) microscopy or for applications in single‐molecule memory arrays.