FRET Peptides (Fluorescence Energy Resonance Transfer)

FRET peptides are a convenient tool for studying peptidase specificity because the reaction process can be continuously monitored, providing a convenient way to detect enzyme activity. When the FRET peptide is intact, it exhibits internal fluorescence quenching, but when any of the peptide bonds of the donor/recipient pair are broken, fluorescence is released, and this fluorescence can be continuously detected, allowing quantitative analysis of enzyme activity.

1. Fluorescein and Dabcyl:FAM/Lys(Dabcyl)

2. Fluorescein and Tamra: FAM/TAMRA

3. Methoxy-coumarin-acetic-acid(MCA)and 2,4-Dinitrophenyl(DNP): MCA/Lys(Dnp).

4. Ortho-aminobenzoic acid (Abz) and 2,4-dinitrophenyl (Dnp) or N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)ethylenediamine(EDDnp): Abz/Tyr (NO2), Abz/EDDnp

5. Dabcyl and Glu(EDANS)

6. Cy3 and Lys(BHQ2)