Direct Observation of Structure Transition of Donor-Acceptor Labeled Peptides: Temperature Dependence of Fluorescence Quenching Kinetics

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-51
Author(s):  
Wei Min ◽  
Lin Sun
2006 ◽  
Vol 361 (1472) ◽  
pp. 1307-1315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Wang ◽  
Nina M Goodey ◽  
Stephen J Benkovic ◽  
Amnon Kohen

Residues M42 and G121 of Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase ( ec DHFR) are on opposite sides of the catalytic centre (15 and 19 Å away from it, respectively). Theoretical studies have suggested that these distal residues might be part of a dynamics network coupled to the reaction catalysed at the active site. The ec DHFR mutant G121V has been extensively studied and appeared to have a significant effect on rate, but only a mild effect on the nature of H-transfer. The present work examines the effect of M42W on the physical nature of the catalysed hydride transfer step. Intrinsic kinetic isotope effects (KIEs), their temperature dependence and activation parameters were studied. The findings presented here are in accordance with the environmentally coupled hydrogen tunnelling. In contrast to the wild-type (WT), fluctuations of the donor–acceptor distance were required, leading to a significant temperature dependence of KIEs and deflated intercepts. A comparison of M42W and G121V to the WT enzyme revealed that the reduced rates, the inflated primary KIEs and their temperature dependences resulted from an imperfect potential surface pre-arrangement relative to the WT enzyme. Apparently, the coupling of the enzyme's dynamics to the reaction coordinate was altered by the mutation, supporting the models in which dynamics of the whole protein is coupled to its catalysed chemistry.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (36) ◽  
pp. 12086-12093
Author(s):  
Junjie Wang ◽  
Yao Cheng ◽  
Jie Zhou ◽  
Weihua Tang

Zn(ii)-based MOF for detecting FOX-7 like explosives is designed via hydrogen-bond-intensified host–guest interactions. The crystalline MOF achieves 0.14 ppm detection limit and a highest fluorescence quenching constant of 3.22 × 104 M−1.


1977 ◽  
Vol 30 (9) ◽  
pp. 2087 ◽  
Author(s):  
BK Selinger

The fluorescence quenching of acceptors by amines can be used for a pH titration of amines in surfactant micelles. Alkane-linked donor- acceptor pairs are used.


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