[Problem]A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a novel fluorescent probe having excellent tissue permeability that is capable of detecting the peptidase activity expressed at a high level in
cancer cells and the like as a response of long-
wavelength red fluorescence.[Solution]A compound represented by formula (I) or a salt thereof:[In the formula, A represents a ring structure selected from the group consisting of a
thiophene ring, a
cyclopentene ring, a
cyclopentadiene ring, and a
furan ring;X represents a C0-C3 alkylene group;Y represents O, S, C(═O)O, or NH,Z represents O, C(Ra) (Rb), Si(Ra) (Rb), Ge(Ra) (Rb), Sn(Ra) (Rb), Se, P(Rc), or P(Rc) (═O) (where Ra and Rb each independently represent a
hydrogen atom or an
alkyl group, and Rc represents a
hydrogen atom, an
alkyl group, or an
aryl group);R1 and R2 each independently represent from one to three of the same or different substituents selected from the group consisting of a
hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a
halogen atom, and an
alkyl group, a sulfo group, a carboxyl group, an ester group, an
amide group, and an
azide group each of which may be substituted;R3 represents an acyl residue derived from an
amino acid (where the acyl residue is a residue obtained by removing an OH group from a carboxyl group of the
amino acid);R4 and R5 each independently represent a
hydrogen atom or an alkyl group (where when R4 or R5 is an alkyl group, the R4 or R5, together with R2, may form a ring structure comprising a
nitrogen atom to which R4 and R5 are bonded).]