SiRA 2
Tocris Bioscience, part of Bio-Techne | Catalog # 7544
Key Product Details
| Description: | Fluorogen for SiRA light-up aptamer. Application: confocal microscopy, SRM (including STED) |
| Chemical Name: | (5-((2-(2-(2-Aminoethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl)carbamoyl)-2-(7-(dimethylamino)-3-(dimethyliminio)-5,5-dimethyl-3,5-dihydrodibenzo[b,e]silin-10-yl)benzoate) |
| Purity: | ≥90% (HPLC) |
| Molecular Weight: | 602.81 |
Biological Activity for SiRA 2
Key information: SiRA 2 (silicon rhodamine 2) is a near-infrared (NIR) fluorogen for SiRA light-up aptamer. SiRA 2 enables imaging of single RNA in living cells.
Application: confocal microscopy, super resolution microscopy (SRM) techniques, including super-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED). Cell permeable.
Properties and Photophysical Data: SiRA 2 is extremely bright, photostable and allows the visualization of mRNA expression in bacteria in no-wash, quencher-free, live-cell imaging experiments. Excitation and emission maxima (λ) are 649 nM and 662 nM, respectively; quantum yield = 0.98; extinction coefficient = 86,000 M-1cm-1; KD = 403 nM.
Reconstitute in 200 μL for a 0.5 mM stock solution. A typical working concentration for this product is 500 nM, see references provided for more details.
We recommend using 5mM Mg2+ (MgCl2 or MgSO4) in all buffers/media for maximum fluorescence intensity.
Licensing Information
Sold with kind permission of Prof. Andres Jäschke
Optical Data for SiRA 2
| Emission Color | Far Red |
|---|---|
| λabs | 649 nm |
| λem | 662 nm |
| Extinction Coefficient (ε) | 86000 M-1cm-1 |
| Quantum Yield (φ) | 0.98 |
| Closest Laser line | 640 nm |
| Cell Permeable | Yes |
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