Product Description: Chol-N3 is a bioorthogonal-based chol probe. Chol-N3 can combine with super-resolution fluorescence microscopy (SRM), providing direct visualization of nanoscale lipid heterogeneity in the cell surface of resting living cells[1]. Chol-N3 is a click chemistry reagent, it contains an Azide group and can undergo copper-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction (CuAAc) with molecules containing Alkyne groups. It can also undergo strain-promoted alkyne-azide cycloaddition (SPAAC) reactions with molecules containing DBCO or BCN groups.
Formula: C24H39N3O
References: [1]Lorizate M, et, al. Super-Resolution Microscopy Using a Bioorthogonal-Based Cholesterol Probe Provides Unprecedented Capabilities for Imaging Nanoscale Lipid Heterogeneity in Living Cells. Small Methods. 2021 Sep;5(9):e2100430.
CAS Number: 2106868-12-4
Molecular Weight: 385.59
Research Area: Others
Solubility: 10 mM in DMSO
Target: Fluorescent Dye