Structure-Guided Evolution of Cyan Fluorescent Proteins Towards a Quantum Yield of 93%
Goedhart, J., von Stetten, D., Noirclerc-Savoye, M., Lelimousin, M., Joosen, L., Hink, M.A., van Weeren, L., Gadella, T.W.J., Royant, A.(2012) Nat Commun 3: 751
- PubMed: 22434194 
- DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1738
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2YDZ, 2YE0, 3ZTF - PubMed Abstract: 
Cyan variants of green fluorescent protein are widely used as donors in Förster resonance energy transfer experiments. The popular, but modestly bright, Enhanced Cyan Fluorescent Protein (ECFP) was sequentially improved into the brighter variants Super Cyan Fluorescent Protein 3A (SCFP3A) and mTurquoise, the latter exhibiting a high-fluorescence quantum yield and a long mono-exponential fluorescence lifetime ...