Name: Cyanine 5 potassium salt [equivalent to Cy5® potassium salt]
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SKU: 255
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Cyanine 5 potassium salt

equivalent to Cy5® potassium salt

A variety of cyanine 5 ( Cy5®) dyes has been used to label biological molecules for fluorescence imaging and other fluorescence-based biochemical analysis. They are widely used for labeling peptides, proteins and oligos etc. Cy5® dyes are one type of the most common red fluorophores. These versatile fluorophores can tolerate a pH range of 3-10 for use in a variety of applications at biologically relevant pHs. The dyes are also DMSO tolerant and photostable to enable transfer from storage to assay without loss of performance. The aqueous solubility eliminates the need for organic solvents in the assay buffers. Our Cy5® Fluors are thoroughly QC tested to ensure high levels of chromophore and reactive dye content. Mono-reactive dyes are suitable for targeted, precise labeling of proteins and oligonucleotides and bis-reactive dyes are more suitable for general labeling. NHS ester dyes are recommended for labeling amine groups and maleimide dyes are recommended for labeling thiol groups. Cy5® is the trademark of GE Healthcare.

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Catalog	Size	Price	Quantity
255	5 mg	Price

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Common stock solution preparation

Table 1. Volume of DMSO needed to reconstitute specific mass of Cyanine 5 potassium salt [equivalent to Cy5® potassium salt] to given concentration. Note that volume is only for preparing stock solution. Refer to sample experimental protocol for appropriate experimental/physiological buffers.

	0.1 mg	0.5 mg	1 mg	5 mg	10 mg
1 mM	136.428 µL	682.138 µL	1.364 mL	6.821 mL	13.643 mL
5 mM	27.286 µL	136.428 µL	272.855 µL	1.364 mL	2.729 mL
10 mM	13.643 µL	68.214 µL	136.428 µL	682.138 µL	1.364 mL

Molarity calculator

Enter any two values (mass, volume, concentration) to calculate the third.

Mass (Calculate)		Molecular weight		Volume (Calculate)		Concentration (Calculate)		Moles
mg	÷	732.99 g/mol	=	mL	x	mM	=	mmol

Citations

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Wang, Xiaoyan and Zhang, Yu and Xue, Wei and Wang, Hong and Qiu, Xiaozhong and Liu, Zonghua

Journal:

Journal of Biomaterials Applications (2017): 923--932

Cube-shaped theranostic paclitaxel prodrug nanocrystals with surface functionalization of SPC and MPEG-DSPE for imaging and chemotherapy

Authors:

Guo, Fuqiang and Shang, Jiajia and Zhao, Hai and Lai, Kangrong and Li, Yang and Fan, Zhongxiong and Hou, Zhenqing and Su, Guanghao

Journal:

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces (2017)

Light/magnetic hyperthermia triggered drug released from multi-functional thermo-sensitive magnetoliposomes for precise cancer synergetic theranostics

Authors:

Guo, Yuxin and Zhang, Yang and Ma, Jinyuan and Li, Qi and Li, Yang and Zhou, Xinyi and Zhao, Dan and Song, Hua and Chen, Qing and Zhu, Xuan

Journal:

Journal of Controlled Release (2017)

Molecular Basis and Consequences of the Cytochrome c-tRNA Interaction

Authors:

Liu, Cuiping and Stonestrom, Aaron J and Christian, Thomas and Yong, Jeongsik and Takase, Ryuichi and Hou, Ya-Ming and Yang, Xiaolu

Journal:

Journal of Biological Chemistry (2016): 10426--10436

Click-electron microscopy for imaging metabolically tagged nonprotein biomolecules

Authors:

Ngo, John T and Adams, Stephen R and Deerinck, Thomas J and Boassa, Daniela and Rodriguez-Rivera, Frances and Palida, Sakina F and Bertozzi, Carolyn R and Ellisman, Mark H and Tsien, Roger Y

Journal:

Nat Chem Biol (2016): 459--465

References

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Excitation of Cy5 in self-assembled lipid bilayers using optical microresonators

Authors:

Freeman LM, Li S, Dayani Y, Choi HS, Malmstadt N, Armani AM.

Journal:

Appl Phys Lett (2011): 143703

Theranostic cRGD-BioShuttle Constructs Containing Temozolomide- and Cy7 For NIR-Imaging and Therapy

Authors:

Wiessler M, Hennrich U, Pipkorn R, Waldeck W, Cao L, Peter J, Ehemann V, Semmler W, Lammers T, Braun K.

Journal:

Theranostics (2011): 381

Rational approach to select small peptide molecular probes labeled with fluorescent cyanine dyes for in vivo optical imaging

Authors:

Berezin MY, Guo K, Akers W, Livingston J, Solomon M, Lee H, Liang K, Agee A, Achilefu S.

Journal:

Biochemistry (2011): 2691

In vivo detection of embryonic stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitor cells using Cy3-labeled Gadofluorine M in murine myocardium

Authors:

Adler ED, Bystrup A, Briley-Saebo KC, Mani V, Young W, Giovanonne S, Altman P, Kattman SJ, Frank JA, Weinmann HJ, Keller GM, Fayad ZA.

Journal:

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging (2009): 1114

Quantitative proteomics by fluorescent labeling of cysteine residues using a set of two cyanine-based or three rhodamine-based dyes

Authors:

Volke D, Hoffmann R.

Journal:

Electrophoresis (2008): 4516

Physical properties

Molecular weight	732.99
Solvent	DMSO

Spectral properties

Correction factor (260 nm)	0.02
Correction factor (280 nm)	0.03
Correction factor (482 nm)	0.009
Correction factor (565 nm)	0.09
Extinction coefficient (cm ^-1 M ^-1)	250000 ¹
Excitation (nm)	651
Emission (nm)	670
Quantum yield	0.27 ¹ , 0.4 ²

Storage, safety and handling

H-phrase	H303, H313, H333
Hazard symbol	XN
Intended use	Research Use Only (RUO)
R-phrase	R20, R21, R22
Storage	Freeze (< -15 °C); Minimize light exposure
UNSPSC	12171501
CAS	449175-58-0

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