Cyan fluorescent protein TagCFP

- Bright cyan fluorescence
- Monomeric protein with successful performance in fusions
- Fast maturation, high pH-stability and photostability
- Proven suitability to generate stably transfected cell lines
- Recommended for protein labeling

Main properties

TagCFP normalized excitation (thin line) and emission (thick line) spectra. Spectra viewer tool Download TagCFP spectra (xls)

CHARACTERISTIC * Brightness is a product of extinction coefficient and quantum yield, divided by 1000. Molecular weight, kDa 26.7 Polypeptide length, aa 239 Fluorescence color cyan Excitation maximum, nm 458 Emission maximum, nm 480 Quantum yield 0.57 Extinction coefficient, M-1cm-1 37 000 Brightness* 21.1 Brightness, % of EGFP 64 pKa 4.7 Structure monomer Aggregation no Maturation rate at 37°C fast Photostability high Cell toxicity not observed Main advantages bright cyan monomeric fluorescent protein