New method for effectively and quantitatively labeling cysteine residues on chicken eggshell membrane

Org Biomol Chem. 2012 Oct 28;10(40):8082-6. doi: 10.1039/c2ob26279g.

Abstract

Using maleimidoethylmonoamide cysteine (Fmoc)(StBu) (1) as a medium, cysteine residues on proteins of chicken eggshell membrane (ESM) were successfully converted into N-terminal cysteines. After a biocompatible condensation reaction between the N-terminal cysteine and fluorescent probe 2-cyanobenzothiazole-Gly-Gly-Gly-fluorescein isothiocyanate (2), a new fluorogenic structure luciferin-Gly-Gly-Gly-FITC (3) was obtained, which exhibits a 2-fold fluorescence emission increase compared to that of 2. Thus, a new method for effectively labeling cysteine residues on ESMs was developed. Enhanced fluorescence images of ESMs were directly observed under a microscope and a small animal imaging machine.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Chickens
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Cysteine / analysis*
  • Egg Proteins / chemistry
  • Egg Shell / chemistry*
  • Fluorescence
  • Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemical synthesis
  • Fluorescent Dyes / chemistry
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Fluorescence
  • Staining and Labeling / methods*

Substances

  • Egg Proteins
  • Fluorescent Dyes
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Cysteine