Prolume Purple exhibits an up to 13-fold higher luminescence than CTZ400a (“deep blue C”).
Please see our "How to use" for further information.
| Compound ID: | Prolume Purple (PP-CTZ) |
| alternative name: | methoxy e-Coelenterazine (me-O-eCTZ) |
| Molecular Formula: | C29H25N3O3 |
| MW: | 463.53 |
| Structure: | ![]() |
| Application: | emits around 405 nm with RLuc, RLucII, RLuc3, RLuc8 and Green Renilla Luc |
| Solvent: | We recommend NanoFuel Solvent. Low solubility in Ethanol. |
| comparison to CTZ400a: | ![]() |
| Emission spec with Renilla Luciferases: | ![]() |
| References: | Bioluminescence Assisted Switching and Fluorescence Imaging (BASFI) Prolume Purple (Cat. #369) was enabling these researches to follow protein movement within a single cell in real-time for up to 20 min using a sophisticated BRET system: Monitoring G protein-coupled receptor and beta-arrestin trafficking in live cells using enhanced bystander BRET Yoon Namkung, Christian Le Gouill, Viktoria Lukashova, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Mireille Hougue, Etienne Khoury, Mideum Song, Micharl Bouvier, Stephane A. Laporte |
How to use Prolume Purple
Certificate of Analysis HPLC MSDS NMR
The luciferin is shipped as filtered, lyophilized, batch controlled substrate in 250 ug and 500 ug aliquots.
1 mg = 2x 500 ug. 10 mgs is packed as regular powder in one tube.
The advantages of lyophilized luciferins are: