iFluor® 568 maleimide

AAT Bioquest's iFluor® dyes are optimized for labeling proteins, particularly antibodies. These dyes are bright, photostable, and have minimal quenching on proteins. They can be well excited by the major laser lines of fluorescence instruments (e.g., 350, 405, 488, 555, and 633 nm). iFluor® 568 dyes have fluorescence excitation and emission maxima essentially identical to those of Alexa Fluor® 568 dyes. These spectral characteristics make them excellent alternatives to Alexa Fluor® 568 dyes (Alexa Fluor® is the trademark of Invitrogen). Under the same conditions we tested, iFluor® 568-labeled anti-IgG and streptavidin conjugates are brighter and more photostable than the corresponding Alexa Fluo® 568 conjugates. iFluor® 568 maleimide is stable and shows good reactivity and selectivity with the thiol group.

Fluorescent dye maleimides are the most popular tool for conjugating dyes to a peptide, protein, antibody, thiol-modified oligonucleotide or nucleic acid through their SH group. Maleimides react readily with the thiol group of proteins, thiol-modified oligonucleotides, and other thiol-containing molecules under neutral conditions. The resulting dye conjugates are quite stable.

Protocol

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Catalog	Size	Price	Quantity
1055	1 mg	Price

Calculators

Common stock solution preparation

Table 1. Volume of DMSO needed to reconstitute specific mass of iFluor® 568 maleimide 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	100.099 µL	500.495 µL	1.001 mL	5.005 mL	10.01 mL
5 mM	20.02 µL	100.099 µL	200.198 µL	1.001 mL	2.002 mL
10 mM	10.01 µL	50.05 µL	100.099 µL	500.495 µL	1.001 mL

Molarity calculator

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

Mass (Calculate)		Molecular weight		Volume (Calculate)		Concentration (Calculate)		Moles
mg	÷	999.01 g/mol	=	mL	x	mM	=	mmol

Citations

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Deep Sequencing Analysis of the Eha-Regulated Transcriptome of Edwardsiella tarda Following Acidification

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Gao, D and Liu, N and Li, Y and Zhang, Y and Liu, G and others, undefined

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Metabolomics (Los Angel) (2017): 2153--0769

Suramin inhibits cullin-RING E3 ubiquitin ligases

Authors:

Wu, Kenneth and Chong, Robert A and Yu, Qing and Bai, Jin and Spratt, Donald E and Ching, Kevin and Lee, Chan and Miao, Haibin and Tappin, Inger and Hurwitz, Jerard and others, undefined

Journal:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016): E2011--E2018

Glycosaminoglycan mimicry by COAM reduces melanoma growth through chemokine induction and function

Authors:

Piccard, Helene and Berghmans, Nele and Korpos, Eva and Dillen, Chris and Aelst, Ilse Van and Li, S and ra , undefined and Martens, Erik and Liekens, S and ra , undefined and Noppen, Sam and Damme, Jo Van and others, undefined

Journal:

International Journal of Cancer (2012): E425--E436

References

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Biochem Biophys Res Commun (2011): 211

Neuroanatomical basis of clinical joint application of "Jinggu" (BL 64, a source-acupoint) and "Dazhong" (KI 4, a Luo-acupoint) in the rat: a double-labeling study of cholera toxin subunit B conjugated with Alexa Fluor 488 and 594

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Simultaneous detection of virulence factors from a colony in diarrheagenic Escherichia coli by a multiplex PCR assay with Alexa Fluor-labeled primers

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Kuwayama M, Shigemoto N, Oohara S, Tanizawa Y, Yamada H, Takeda Y, Matsuo T, Fukuda S.

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J Microbiol Methods (2011): 119

Physical properties

Molecular weight	999.01
Solvent	DMSO

Spectral properties

Correction factor (260 nm)	0.34
Correction factor (280 nm)	0.15
Extinction coefficient (cm ^-1 M ^-1)	100000 ¹
Excitation (nm)	568
Emission (nm)	587
Quantum yield	0.57 ¹

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

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Safety Data Sheet
Certificate of Analysis

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