The thiol-reactive Alexa Fluor 594 C5 maleimide and its conjugates exhibit very little spectral overlap with green-fluorescent conjugates and are efficiently excited by the 568 nm line of the Ar-Kr laser and by the 594 nm line of the orange He-Ne laser. Spectrally similar to Texas Red dye, the Alexa Fluor 594 dye and its conjugates exhibit bright fluorescence and have high photostability.
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alexa fluor® 594 is a bright, red fluorescent dye that can be excited using the 561 nm or 594 nm laser lines. used for stable signal generation in imaging and flow cytometry, alexa fluor® 594 dye is water soluble and ph-insensitive from ph 4 to ph 10. in addition to reactive dye formulations, we offer alexa fluor® 594 dye conjugated to a variety of antibodies, peptides, proteins, tracers, and amplification substrates optimized for cellular labeling and detection (learn more).
the maleimide derivative of alexa fluor® 594 is the most popular tool for conjugating the dye to a thiol group on a protein, oligonucleotide thiophosphate, or low molecular weight ligand. the resulting alexa fluor® 594 conjugates exhibit brighter fluorescence and greater photostability than the conjugates of other spectrally similar fluorophores.
detailed information about this alexafluor® maleimide:
fluorophore label:alexa fluor® 594 dye reactive group:maleimide reactivity:thiol groups on proteins and ligands, oligonucleotide thiophosphates ex/em of the conjugate:588/612 nm extinction coefficient:96,000 cm-1m-1 spectrally similar dyes:texas red molecular weight:908.97
typical conjugation reaction the protein should be dissolved at a concentration of 50-100 µm in a suitable buffer (10-100 mm phosphate, tris, or hepes) at ph 7.0-7.5. in this ph range, the protein thiol groups are sufficiently nucleophilic that they react almost exclusively with the reagent in the presence of the more numerous protein amine groups, which are protonated and relatively unreactive. we recommend reducing any disulfide bonds at this point using a 10-fold molar excess of reducing agent such as dtt or tcep. excess dtt must be removed by dialysis and subsequent thiol-modification should be carried out under oxygen-free conditions to prevent reformation of the disulfide bonds; these precautions are not necessary when using tcep prior to maleimide conjugation.
the alexa fluor® maleimide is typically dissolved in high-quality anhydrous dimethylsulfoxide (dmso) at a concentration of 1-10 mm immediately prior to use, and stock solutions should be protected from light as much as possible. generally, this stock solution is added to the protein solution dropwise while stirring to produce approximately 10-20 moles of reagent per mole of protein, and the reaction is allowed to proceed at room temperature for 2 hours or at 4°c overnight, protected from light. any unreacted thiol-reactive reagent can be consumed by adding excess glutathione, mercaptoethanol, or other soluble low molecular weight thiol.
conjugate purification labeled antibodies are typically separated from free alexa fluor® dye using a gel filtration column, such as sephadex™ g-25, biogel® p-30, or equivalent. for much larger or smaller proteins, select a gel filtration media with an appropriate molecular weight cut-off or purify by dialysis. we offer several purification kits optimized for different quantities of antibody conjugate: antibody conjugate purification kit for 0.5-1 mg (a33086) antibody conjugate purification kit for 20-50 µg (a33087) antibody conjugate purification kit for 50-100 µg (a33088)
we’ll make a custom conjugate for you if you can’t find what you’re looking for in our online catalog, we’ll prepare a custom antibody or protein conjugate for you. ourcustom conjugation serviceis efficient and confidential, and we stand by the quality of our work. we are iso 9001:2000 certified.
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