Kaede (protein)
Kaede protein is a photoactivatable fluorescent protein naturally originated from a stony coral, Trachyphyllia geoffroyi. It was named Kaede, meaning "maple leaf" in Japanese. With the irradiation of ultraviolet light (350–400 nm), Kaede undergoes irreversible photoconversion from green fluorescence to red fluorescence. It is a homotetrameric protein with the size of 116 kDa. The tetrameric structure was deduced as its primary structure is only 28 kDa. This tetramerization possibly makes Kaede have a low tendency to form aggregates when fused to other proteins.
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