Table 2 Fluorescence lifetime data of mTurquoise2 as FRET donor in a tandem construct with the different FRET acceptors and corresponding FRET efficiency (Fig. 3).

From: Characterization of a spectrally diverse set of fluorescent proteins as FRET acceptors for mTurquoise2

Acceptor

n1

τϕ (ns)2

τM (ns)3

Eτϕ (%)4

EτM (%)4

89

3.77 ± 0.01

4.01 ± 0.01

EGFP

26

2.60 ± 0.01

3.21 ± 0.01

31 ± 0.26

20 ± 0.21

Clover

18

2.59 ± 0.02

3.28 ± 0.02

31 ± 0.60

18 ± 0.62

mNeonGreen

14

2.02 ± 0.01

2.70 ± 0.01

46 ± 0.33

33 ± 0.21

SYFP2

72

2.59 ± 0.02

3.16 ± 0.02

31 ± 0.57

21 ± 0.48

sREACh

27

2.53 ± 0.01

3.13 ± 0.01

33 ± 0.26

22 ± 0.20

mOrange

21

3.13 ± 0.03

3.63 ± 0.03

17 ± 0.92

9 ± 0.76

mOrange2

27

3.10 ± 0.04

3.61 ± 0.02

18 ± 0.99

10 ± 0.61

mKO2

17

2.59 ± 0.02

3.11 ± 0.02

31 ± 0.52

22 ± 0.44

mKOκ

17

2.31 ± 0.01

2.77 ± 0.01

39 ± 0.42

31 ± 0.28

TagRFP-T

20

2.70 ± 0.02

3.15 ± 0.02

28 ± 0.62

22 ± 0.44

mRuby2

17

2.63 ± 0.02

3.30 ± 0.02

30 ± 0.45

18 ± 0.45

mScarlet-I

30

2.67 ± 0.02

3.21 ± 0.01

29 ± 0.64

15 ± 0.37

mCherry

24

2.83 ± 0.02

3.26 ± 0.01

25 ± 0.42

19 ± 0.19

mKate2

22

2.74 ± 0.01

3.23 ± 0.02

27 ± 0.42

19 ± 0.40

  1. 1n is number of cells used for lifetime determination, 2τϕ average phase lifetime ± SEM, 3τM average modulation lifetime ± SEM, 4E is average FRET efficiency calculated from the change in τϕ or τM ± SEM.