FIGURE 6.
FLIM-FRET of AKAP79-CFP and AC5-YFP. A, HEK293 cells expressing AKAP79-CFP alone or with PKA RII-YFP or AC5-YFP were imaged in the frequency domain in a wide field FLIM microscope. The lifetime of AKAP79-CFP is significantly decreased when co-expressed with PKA RII-YFP or AC5-YFP, as a result of FRET between CFP and YFP. B, the lifetime of AKAP79ΔB-CFP does not change when co-expressed with AC5-YFP. The graphical quantitation of CFP-tagged protein lifetimes is shown for each panel (mean ± S.E.; n = 3; 60–120 cells). *, p < 0.05.