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'''iGEM Team Braunschweig 2013:'''Emission spectrum of the chromoprotein aeBlue. This chromoprotein does not show any significant emission in a wavelength range between 500-800 nm and therefore cannot be detected by its fluorescence.
 
'''iGEM Team Braunschweig 2013:'''Emission spectrum of the chromoprotein aeBlue. This chromoprotein does not show any significant emission in a wavelength range between 500-800 nm and therefore cannot be detected by its fluorescence.
  
'''Emission maximum of aeBlue:''' none (dark quencher)
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'''Emission maximum of aeBlue:''' none  
  
AeBlue is a so called dark quencher protein. When excited, this kind of chromophores relax back to the ground state without emitting energy through radiation and remain dark [Le Reste et al., 2012].  
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Since the iGEM Team Braunschweig could not detect any emission when aeBlue is excited by UV-light it is possible that this chromoprotein is a so called dark quencher protein. When excited, this kind of chromophores relax back to the ground state without emitting energy through radiation and remain dark [Le Reste et al., 2012].  
  
 
The optical density of cultures with cells expressing aeBlue was measured at a wavelength of 520 nm to avoid errors in measurement through absorption by the protein.
 
The optical density of cultures with cells expressing aeBlue was measured at a wavelength of 520 nm to avoid errors in measurement through absorption by the protein.

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Applications of BBa_K1073020

The iGEM Team Braunschweig 2013 used this device as a reporter to distinguish two different strains.
When aeBlue is expressed, the colonies on plates as well as the liquid culture become blue.

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iGEM Team Braunschweig 2013

The chromoprotein aeBlue exhibits a distinct blue color when expressed. In order to avoid absorption by the chomoproteins during OD measurement of a bacterial culture, the absorption and emission spectra were measured. An optimal wavelength for spectral optical density measurement was determined to be at 520nm according to these spectra.

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iGEM Team Braunschweig 2013: Absorption spectrum of chromoprotein aeBlue in a wavelength range of 400-800 nm.

Absorption maximum of aeBlue: 595 nm

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iGEM Team Braunschweig 2013:Emission spectrum of the chromoprotein aeBlue. This chromoprotein does not show any significant emission in a wavelength range between 500-800 nm and therefore cannot be detected by its fluorescence.

Emission maximum of aeBlue: none

Since the iGEM Team Braunschweig could not detect any emission when aeBlue is excited by UV-light it is possible that this chromoprotein is a so called dark quencher protein. When excited, this kind of chromophores relax back to the ground state without emitting energy through radiation and remain dark [Le Reste et al., 2012].

The optical density of cultures with cells expressing aeBlue was measured at a wavelength of 520 nm to avoid errors in measurement through absorption by the protein.

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