I would like to label a short peptide (30 aa) with a fluorescent dye. I'd like to avoid amine modification, since I have 3 lysins and I am afraid that labeling all of them would change the structure of my peptide too much.
I believe that my peptide binds to the membrane of human cells, so I would like to show this with fluorescence microscopy.
I have seen around that one option could be using cadaverine coupled with a fluorescent dye (eg AlexaFluor). But it has been hard to find detailed informations on the protocol.
Assuming that I buy 1 mg of this labeling reagent, and assuming I have 1 mg of purified peptide to label, any technical recommendation to perform the labeling reaction?
Or any other suggestion?
Thanks!