Epicocconone

Epicocconone
Chemical structure of epicocconone
Names
IUPAC name
(6S,9aS)-6-(Hydroxymethyl)-3-[(1Z,4E,6E,8E)-1-hydroxy-3-oxodeca-1,4,6,8-tetraen-1-yl]-9a-methyl-5,6-dihydro-2H-furo[3,2-g]isochromene-2,9(9aH)-dione
Other names
Deep Purple

Lava Purple

Lightning Fast
Identifiers
371163-96-1
ChEBI CHEBI:51226
ChemSpider 8398759
Jmol interactive 3D Image
PubChem 56464320
Properties
C23H22O7
Molar mass 410.42 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Epicocconone is long Stokes' shift fluorescent dye found in the fungus Epicoccum nigrum.[1] Though weakly fluorescent in water (green emission, 520 nm) it reacts reversibly with proteins to yield a product with a strong orange-red emission (610 nm).[2] This dye can be used as a sensitive total protein stain for 1D and 2D electrophoresis,[3] quantitative determination of protein concentration,[4] making it a powerful loading control for Western blots.[5]

Synthetic variant

In addition to the natural variant from the fungus, there are several synthetic analogs.[6] With respect to protein staining properties there are few differences between natural and synthetic analogs.

Commercial sources

Epicocconone is available from Fluorotechnics Australia. It is also the active ingredient in Deep Purple Total Protein Stain (GE Healthcare), FluoroProfile (Sigma-Aldrich) and LavaCell (Fluorotechnics).

References

  1. Bell, P. J. L.; Karuso, P. (2003). "Epicocconone, A Novel Fluorescent Compound from the FungusEpicoccumnigrum". Journal of the American Chemical Society 125 (31): 9304–9305. doi:10.1021/ja035496. PMID 12889954.
  2. Choi, H. -Y.; Veal, D. A.; Karuso, P. (2005). "Epicocconone, A New Cell-Permeable Long Stokes' Shift Fluorescent Stain for Live Cell Imaging and Multiplexing". Journal of Fluorescence 16 (4): 475–482. doi:10.1007/s10895-005-0010-7. PMID 16328703.
  3. MacKintosh, J. A.; Choi, H. Y.; Bae, S. H.; Veal, D. A.; Bell, P. J.; Ferrari, B. C.; Van Dyk, D. D.; Verrills, N. M.; Paik, Y. K.; Karuso, P (2003). "A fluorescent natural product for ultra sensitive detection of proteins in one-dimensional and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis". Proteomics 3 (12): 2273–88. doi:10.1002/pmic.200300578. PMID 14673778.
  4. MacKintosh, J. A.; Veal, D. A.; Karuso, P. (2005). "Fluoroprofile, a fluorescence-based assay for rapid and sensitive quantitation of proteins in solution". Proteomics 5 (18): 4673–4677. doi:10.1002/pmic.200500095. PMID 16267819.
  5. Moritz, C. P.; Marz, S. X.; Reiss, R; Schulenborg, T; Friauf, E (2014). "Epicocconone staining: A powerful loading control for Western blots". Proteomics 14 (2–3): 162–8. doi:10.1002/pmic.201300089. PMID 24339236.
  6. Peixoto, P. A.; Boulangé, A; Ball, M; Naudin, B; Alle, T; Cosette, P; Karuso, P; Franck, X (2014). "Design and synthesis of epicocconone analogues with improved fluorescence properties". Journal of the American Chemical Society 136 (43): 15248–56. doi:10.1021/ja506914p. PMID 25271695.
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