A new probe/Cu(2+) complex for the detection of his-tagged protein has been developed, based on an improved probe, Dansyl-Gly-Py (1), by closely mimicing the structure of a peptide, ATCUN. In aqueous solution, 1/Cu(2+) has good selectivity to histidine and cysteine, and further can detect histidine-rich protein by releasing the quenched fluorescence of 1.

Water-soluble nanoparticles molecularly imprinted against naphthyl derivatives could bind the templates with high affinity and excellent selectivity among structural analogues in aqueous solution. Fluorescent dansyl groups installed during template polymerization allowed these nanoparticles to detect the presence of the target analytes by Förster resonance energy transfer.

Abstract The largely demand in continued security issues makes necessary the development of novel materials with outstanding properties to improve current detection techniques. In this context, latent fingerprint (LF) by fluorescent labeled (FLM) is one most attractive personnel identification methodologies. Here, two FLM based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) nanohybrids dansyl c...

An improved, Weinreb amide-based, synthesis of anti-trypanosomal lysine-containing vinyl sulfones is described incorporating, as a feature, diversity at the ε-lysine amino group. Members of this family demonstrated moderate to good efficacy as anti-trypanosomal agents and a fluorescent dansyl (19) derivative was used to investigate subcellular localisation of the compound class.

Two fluorescent lysine amide analogs, in which the carboxyl end of lysine was covalently attached to dansyl or NBD groups through an ethylene glycol-based linker, were rationally designed and synthesized. Both probes showed high binding affinity to the lysine riboswitch in vitro and their fluorescence intensities decreased by riboswitch binding.

Non-proteinogenic phenylalanine derivatives were efficiently prepared by Rh(I)-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition reactions between enantiopure and racemic propargylglycine amino acids, with different protective groups, and diynes. Diverse substituents, including tags such as dansyl or dabsyl, were introduced onto the aromatic ring of the amino acid derivatives by selecting the most appropriate di...

Four new fluorescent derivatives of cholic acid have been synthesized; they incorporate a dansyl moiety at 3alpha-, 3beta-, 7alpha- or 7beta- positions. These cholic acid analogs are UV photoactive and also exhibit green fluorescence. In addition, they have been demonstrated to be suitable for studying the kinetics of bile acid transport by flow cytometry.