Pyrylium-1 (Py-1) is a fluorogenicsalt of a pyrylium derivative and tetrafluoroborate. It is an amine-labeling dye that is not fluorescent itself, but reacts with primary amines to form fluorescent products.[2] It is within the "chameleon labels" class,[1] so named due to their clear color-changing properties upon conjugation. Py-1 was first reported in 2004.[3] It has been used for the detection of amines and peptides, largely in CE-SDS, where it is recognized to reach a high sensitivity via laser-induced fluorescence.[2] Once bound to protein the excitation wavelength is 503 nm (green) and the emission wavelength is 603 nm (orange).[2] Similar to FQ, these fluorescence wavelengths makes Py-1 suitable for excitation with a 488 nm argon-ion laser.
Reaction
Post conjugation, the Py-1 adduct (an addition of C21H21N) adds about 287.1674 Da to the target molecule.
^ abcCraig, Douglas B.; Wetzl, Bianca K.; Duerkop, Axel; Wolfbeis, Otto S. (2005). "Determination of picomolar concentrations of proteins using novel amino reactive chameleon labels and capillary electrophoresis laser-induced fluorescence detection". Electrophoresis. 26 (11). Wiley: 2208–2213. doi:10.1002/elps.200410332. ISSN0173-0835. PMID15880625. S2CID19864669.
^Wetzl, Bianca K.; Yarmoluk, Sergiy M.; Craig, Douglas B.; Wolfbeis, Otto S. (2004-10-11). "Chameleon Labels for Staining and Quantifying Proteins". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 43 (40). Wiley: 5400–5402. doi:10.1002/anie.200460508. ISSN1433-7851. PMID15468079.