| Overview |  PrinterFriendlyVersion |
| Ex/Em(nm) | 565/779 |
| MW | N/A |
| CAS# | N/A |
| Solvent | Water |
| Storage | R/D/L |
| Category | Protein-BasedTags Phycoproteins |
| Related | ProteinDyes |
| Spectrum | AdvancedSpectrumViewer |
- Pre-activateAntibodywithBuccutite™MTA
- ReconstituteBuccutite™MTAinDMSOat~10mg/mL.
Note:PleasestoreunusedMTAat-20°Candcouldbeuseduptotwofreezeandthawcycles. - Preparetargetantibody(Ab)inpH=8.5~9.0bufferatconcentrationabove1mg/ml
- AddtheMTAtoAbsolutionattheratioof8~10µgMTA/100µgAb.
- MixwellandreactatRTfor60minutes,rotatingduringthereaction.
- PurifythereactionmixturewithdesaltingcolumntoremoveunreactedMTAandexchangebuffertoPBSorbufferofyourchoice.
- CollecttheMTA-activatedAb,andestimatetheconcentrationby70%yieldoftheoriginalstartingamount.
- ReconstituteBuccutite™MTAinDMSOat~10mg/mL.
- ConjugatewithPre-activatedPE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandems
- Reconstitutepre-activatedPE,PE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsin100µLddH2Oto10mg/mL.
Note:Reconstitutedpre-activatedPE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsarenotstableandcouldbestoredat4°Cforonemonth,pleasekeptitfromlight. - Addpre-activatedPE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsdirectlytoMTA-activatedtargetAbsolution(from1.5)attheratioof300µgPE-iFluor647/100µgMTA-activatedAb.
- Rotatethemixturefor1~2hoursatroomtemperature
- TheAb/PE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsconjugatesarenowreadytouse.
Optional:Ab/PE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsconjugatecouldbefurtherpurifiedthroughsizeexclusionchromatographytogetbestperformance.
Note1:Theantibodyconjugateshouldbestoredat>0.5mg/mLinthepresenceofacarrierprotein(e.g.,0.1%bovineserumalbumin)and0.02-0.05%sodiumazide.
Note2:TheAb/PE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsconjugatesolutioncouldbestoredat4°Cfortwomonthsandkeptfromlight.
- Reconstitutepre-activatedPE,PE,PE-iFluors,orPE-iFluorTandemsin100µLddH2Oto10mg/mL.
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