Recommended pairs for FRET applications
PAIRDONORACCEPTORCALCULATED FORSTER DISTANCE (Ro)FRET EFFICIENCY (E)
TagBFP-TagGFP2 TagBFP
ex/em max 402/457 nm
TagGFP2
ex/em max 483/506 nm
5.3 nm 0.57
TagGFP2-TagRFP TagGFP2
ex/em max 483/506 nm
TagRFP
ex/em max 555/584 nm
5.7 nm 0.50

Spectral overlap for TagBFP-TagGFP2 and TagGFP2-TagRFP FRET pairs.

Excitation (thin lines) and emission (thick lines) spectra of TagBFP (blue), TagGFP2 (green) and TagRFP (red) are shown individually. Spectral overlap is filled with gray.