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. 2013 Oct 10;7:163. doi: 10.3389/fncir.2013.00163

Table 1.

A list of genetically encoded FRET probes.

Classification Target Name of probe Year Probe design References
Small molecule Calcium Cameleon 1997 3-2 Miyawaki et al., 1997
Small molecule Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) CGY, Cygnet, pGES-DE2, cGi 2000, 2001, 2006, 2013 3-1 Sato et al., 2000; Honda et al., 2001; Nikolaev et al., 2006; Thunemann et al., 2013
Small molecule Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) Epac 2000, 2004 2, 3-1 Zaccolo and Pozzan, 2002; Nikolaev et al., 2004
Small molecule Inositol trisphosphate (IP3) LIBRA, Fretino, FIRE 2004, 2005, 2006 3-1 Tanimura et al., 2004; Sato et al., 2005a; Matsu-ura et al., 2006
Small molecule Nitric oxide (NO) NOA-1, Piccell 2005, 2006 3-1 Sato et al., 2005b, 2006b
Small molecule Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) A Team 1.03-nD/nA 2012 3-1 Imamura et al., 2009
Small molecule Estrogen SCCoR 2004 3-3 Awais et al., 2004
Small molecule Androgen Ficaro 2006 3-3 Awais et al., 2006
Small molecule Glucocorticoid receptor ligands GLUCOCOR 2007 3-3 Nishi et al., 2004; Awais et al., 2007a
Small molecule Neurotrophic factor ECaus 2008 3-3 Nakajima et al., 2008
Small molecule Nuclear receptor conpro 2007 3-2 Awais et al., 2007b
Small molecule O-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) 2006 3-3 Carrillo et al., 2006
Small molecule Vitamin A (Retinoic acid) GEPRAS 2013 3-1 Shimozono et al., 2013
Small molecule Molybdate MolyProbe 2013 3-1 Nakanishi et al., 2013
Small molecule Glutamate FLIPE 2005 3-1 Okumoto et al., 2005
Small molecule Zn2+ eCALWY-1 2009 2 Vinkenborg et al., 2009
Small molecule Cl Clomeleon 2000 other Kuner and Augustine, 2000
Small molecule pH GFpH, YFpH 2001 other Awaji et al., 2001
Small molecule Glucose FLIPglu 2003 3-1 Fehr et al., 2003
Small molecule Maltose FLIPmal 2002 3-1 Fehr et al., 2002
Small molecule Ribose FLIPrib 2003 3-1 Lager et al., 2003
Kinase Calcium/Calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) Camui α, green-Camui α, Camk2a reporter 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013 3-1 Takao et al., 2005; Lee et al., 2009; Piljic et al., 2011; Fujii et al., 2013
Kinase Src Srcus 2001, 2005, 2007 3-3 Ting et al., 2001; Wang et al., 2005; Hitosugi et al., 2007
Kinase Protein kinase C (PKC) CKAR, CY-PKCdelta 2003, 2005 3-3, 3-1 Violin et al., 2003; Braun et al., 2005
Kinase Protein kinase D (PKD) DKAR 2007 3-3 Kunkel et al., 2007
Kinase Protein kinase A (PKA) ART, AKAR 2000, 2001 3-3 Nagai et al., 2000; Zhang et al., 2001
Kinase Abl Picchu 2001 3-3 Ting et al., 2001
Kinase Bcr-Abl Bcr-Abl activity sensor 2010 3-3 Tunceroglu et al., 2010
Kinase c-Raf Prin-cRaf 2005 3-1 Terai and Matsuda, 2005
Kinase PAK1 Pakabi 2009 3-1 Parrini et al., 2009
Kinase B-raf Prin-Braf 2006 3-1 Terai and Matsuda, 2006
Kinase ZAP-70 ROZA 2008 3-3 Randriamampita et al., 2008
Kinase Akt Aktus, BKAR, Akind 2003, 2005, 2007 3-3 Sasaki et al., 2003; Kunkel et al., 2005; Calleja et al., 2007
Kinase ERK Miu2, Erkus, EKAR 2006, 2007, 2008 3-1, 3-3, 3-3 Fujioka et al., 2006; Sato et al., 2007; Harvey et al., 2008a
Kinase Insulin receptor Phocus 2002 3-3 Sato et al., 2002
Kinase Epidermal Growth factor receptor (EGFR) 2001 3-3 Ting et al., 2001
Kinase Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) 2007 3-3 Johnson et al., 2007
Kinase Aurora B kinase 2008 3-3 Fuller et al., 2008
Kinase Cyclin B1-CDK1 2010 3-3 Gavet and Pines, 2010
Kinase Myosine light chain kinase MLCK-FIP 2002 3-1 Chew et al., 2002
Kinase JNK JNKAR1, JUNKAR1EV 2010, 2011 3-3 Fosbrink et al., 2010; Komatsu et al., 2011
Kinase RSK Eevee-RSK 2011 3-3 Komatsu et al., 2011
Kinase S6K Eevee-S6K 2011 3-3 Komatsu et al., 2011
Kinase Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) CYFAK413, FERM-sensor 2008, 2009 2, 3-1 Cai et al., 2008; Papusheva et al., 2009
Kinase PLK1 2008 3-3 Macurek et al., 2008
Kinase SAP3K 2009 3-3 Tomida et al., 2009
Kinase DAPK1 DAPK1(334)-F40 2011 3-1 Piljic et al., 2011
Phosphatase Calcineurin CaNAR1 2008, 2013 3-1 Newman and Zhang, 2008; Fujii et al., 2013
Small G-protein Ras Raichu-Ras, Fras 2001, 2006 3-2, 2 Yasuda et al., 2006; Mochizuki et al., 2001
Small G-protein Rap Raichu-Rap 2001 3-2 Mochizuki et al., 2001
Small G-protein Rac Raichu-Rac1 2004 3-2 Aoki et al., 2004
Small G-protein Rab5 Raichu-Rab5 2008 3-2 Kitano et al., 2008
Small G-protein Rho Raichu-RhoA 2003, 2011 3-2, 2 Yoshizaki et al., 2003; Murakoshi et al., 2011
Small G-protein Cdc42 Raichu-cdc42 2004, 2011 3-2, 2 Aoki et al., 2004; Murakoshi et al., 2011
Small G-protein Ral Raichu-Ral 2004 3-3 Takaya et al., 2004
Small G-protein TC10 Raichu-TC10 2006 3-2 Kawase et al., 2006
Signal transduction RCC1 (GEF of Ran) CFP-RCC1-YFP 2008 3-1 Hao and Macara, 2008
Signal transduction CrkII phosphorylation Picchu 2001 3-1 Kurokawa et al., 2001
Signal transduction N-WASP Stinger 2004 3-1 Lorenz et al., 2004; Ward et al., 2004
Signal transduction Adrenergic receptor α2AAR-cam 2003 3-1 Vilardaga et al., 2003
Signal transduction Parathyroid hormone receptor PTHR-cam 2003 3-1 Vilardaga et al., 2003
Signal transduction Plasma membrane Calcium pump BFP-PMCA-GFP 2007 3-1 Corradi and Adamo, 2007
Acetylation Histone acetylation Histac 2004, 2009 3-3 Lin et al., 2004; Sasaki et al., 2009
Lipid Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PIP3) Fllip, FLIMPA 2003, 2013 3-4 Sato et al., 2003; Ueda and Hayashi, 2013
Lipid Phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate (PIP2) Pippi-PI(4,5)P2 2008 3-4 Nishioka et al., 2008
Lipid Phosphatidylinositol (3,4)-bisphosphate (PI(3,4)P2) Pippi-PI(3,4)P2 2008 3-4 Nishioka et al., 2008
Lipid Phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate (PI4P) Pippi-PI(4)P 2008 3-4 Nishioka et al., 2008
Lipid Phosphatidic acid Pii 2010 3-4 Nishioka et al., 2010
Lipid Diacylglycerol (DAG) Daglas, DIGDA 2006, 2008 3-4 Sato et al., 2006a; Nishioka et al., 2008
Protein interaction Actin 2004, 2008 2 Okamoto et al., 2004; Murakoshi et al., 2008
Protein interaction PDK1-Akt interaction 2007 2 Calleja et al., 2007
Protein interaction Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B-receptor tyrosine kinases (PTP 1B-RTKs) interaction 2002 2 Haj et al., 2002
Protein interaction Breast cancer resistance protein/ATP-binding cassette sub-family G member (BCRP/ABCG) 2010 2 Ni et al., 2010
Protein interaction Cofilin-actin interaction 2008 2 Homma et al., 2008
Protein interaction PTEN-Myosin V interaction 2009 2 van Diepen et al., 2009
Protease Caspase-3 EGFP-DEVD-EBFP 1998 1 Xu et al., 1998
Protease Caspase-8 CFP-c3-YFP-c6-mRFP 2002 1 Onuki et al., 2002
Protease Caspase-9 SCAT9 2011 1 Joseph et al., 2011
Protease Caspase-7 VDEVDc 2006 1 Li et al., 2006
Protease Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) YFP-MSS-CFPdisplay, MTI-MMP-FRET biosensor 2007, 2008 1 Yang et al., 2007; Ouyang et al., 2008
Protease Protease activity (Factor Xa) 1996 1 Mitra et al., 1996
Protease Calpain activity pYSCS 2000 1 Vanderklish et al., 2000
Protease Presenilin GFP-PSI-RFP 2009 3-1 Uemura et al., 2009
Other Strain sensor stFRET 2008 3-1 Meng et al., 2008
Other Membrane potential VSFP, Mermaid, ArcLight, VSFP-Butterfly 2001, 2008, 2012, 2013 3-1 Sakai et al., 2001; Tsutsui et al., 2008; Jin et al., 2012; Akemann et al., 2013
Other Myosin II GSldCB 1998, 2006 3-1 Suzuki et al., 1998; Zeng et al., 2006
Other HIV Rev protein YRGnC-11ad 2005 3-1 Endoh et al., 2005
Other Redox Redoxfluor, Gaskins 2010, 2011 3-1 Yano et al., 2010; Kolossov et al., 2011

The numbers in the Probe Design column correspond to the section number in the “Strategies of probe design” chapter of the main text. Names of probes are shown. See the webpage by Dr. Michiyuki Matsuda http://www.lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp/labs/fret/e-phogemon/unifret.htm for updated information.