Luminescent rhenium(I) perfluorobiphenyl complexes as site-specific labels for peptides to afford photofunctional bioconjugates.

Peter Kam-Keung Leung Lawrence Cho-Cheung LeeTiffany Ka-Yan IpHua-Wei LiuShek-Man YiuNikki Pui-Yue Lee Kenneth Kam-Wing Lo

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

We report herein new luminescent rhenium(I) perfluorobiphenyl complexes that reacted specifically with the cysteine residue of the π-clamp sequence (FCPF) to afford novel peptide-based imaging reagents, photosensitisers for singlet oxygen and enzyme sensors.

Keyphrases

quantum dots
energy transfer
sensitive detection
amino acid
metal organic framework
high resolution
living cells
fluorescence imaging