Application of laser fluorimetry for determining the influence of a single amino-acid substitution on the individual photophysical parameters of a fluorescent form of a fluorescent protein mRFP1

Individual photophysical parameters of the chromophore of a fluorescent protein mRFP1 and its two mutants (amino-acid substitution at position 66 - mRFP1/ Q66C and mRFP1/Q66S proteins) are determined. For this purpose, apart from conventional methods of fluorimetry and spectrophotometry, nonlinear l...

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Published in:Quantum electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2009-03, Vol.39 (3), p.273-278
Main Authors: Banishev, A A, Vrzheshch, E P, Shirshin, E A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ABSORPTION
AMINO ACIDS
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EMISSION
EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY
ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS
EXCITATION
FLUORESCENCE
FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY
LASER RADIATION
LUMINESCENCE
MUTANTS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHOTON EMISSION
PROTEINS
RADIATIONS
SORPTION
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
SPECTROSCOPY
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Summary:Individual photophysical parameters of the chromophore of a fluorescent protein mRFP1 and its two mutants (amino-acid substitution at position 66 - mRFP1/ Q66C and mRFP1/Q66S proteins) are determined. For this purpose, apart from conventional methods of fluorimetry and spectrophotometry, nonlinear laser fluorimetry is used. It is shown that the individual extinction coefficients of the chromophore of proteins correlate (correlation coefficient above 0.9) with the volume of the substituted amino-acid residue at position 66 (similar to the positions of the absorption, fluorescence excitation and emission maxima). (laser biology and medicine)
ISSN:1063-7818
1468-4799
DOI:10.1070/QE2009v039n03ABEH013953