AmCyan1 is a human codon-optimized variant of the wild-type Anemonia majano cyan fluorescent protein (AmCyan) that exhibits enhanced emission characteristics (excitation and emission maxima: 458nm and 489nm, respectively). DD-AmCyan1 is a modified version of AmCyan1 that is tagged on its N-terminus with the ProteoTuner destabilization domain (DD). The presence of this destabilization domain causes rapid, proteasomal degradation of the fluorescent fusion protein; however, when the membrane permeant ligand Shield1 is added to the medium, it binds to the destabilization domain and protects the fusion protein from degradation. |