Cells overexpressing fluorescent protein keima were incubated in a series of buffers with pH values ranging from 4.12 to 7.97, then the fluorescent signal of keima was measured under the conditions of excitation of 440 and 550 nm and emission of 610 nm using Nikon ECLIPSE Ti-U epi-fluorescence microscope. Then the fluorescent intensity of keima was measured by NIS-Elements F 3.0 software37 (link). The pH titration curves and fitting equation were obtained by the negative correlation between the pH value and the fluorescent intensity ratio of 550 nm/440 nm of keima protein.
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