Water‐Soluble Monofunctional Perylene and Terrylene Dyes: Powerful Labels for Single‐Enzyme Tracking

Kalina Peneva, Gueorgui Mihov, Fabian Nolde, Susana Rocha, Jun‐ichi Hotta, Kevin Braeckmans, Johan Hofkens, Hiroshi Uji‐i, Andreas Herrmann, Kläus Müllen

Angewandte Chemie International Edition · 2008 · 123 citations · 21 references

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All in one: Exceptionally photostable, highly fluorescent, water-soluble, and monofunctional perylene and terrylene dyes bearing reactive groups for covalent attachment to biomolecules have been synthesized (see picture). Single-molecule enzyme tracking revealed that single enzymes could be visualized even on a substrate with fluorescent background.

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