Dansyl-L-alanine cyclohexylammonium salt is an alanine derivative. Dansylalanine can be incorporated into proteins by newly developed technologies to extend the genetic code.
Dansyl-L-alanine cyclohexylammonium salt is a fluorescent compound with a wide range of applications in biology and biochemistry. It contains an N-terminal fluorophore (dansyl) in its structure and therefore can be used as a fluorescent marker or probe.
Alanine conjugated to the fluorophore 5-(dimethylamino)naphthalene-1-sulfonyl (dansyl). The unnatural amino acid has been incorporated into expressed proteins by use of a mutated aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase specific for dansylalanine.
