ISSN:
1432-1017
Keywords:
Subnanosecond fluorescence
;
Octadecyl rhodamine B
;
Bacteriophage MI 3 coat protein
;
Reconstituted lipid-protein systems
;
Motional dynamics
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract Fluorescent probes located in heterogeneous environments give rise to anomalous time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy. A simple analytical expression of anisotropy has been derived for the case of a small difference in local fluorescence lifetimes. The expression has the diagnostic advantage that the time dependence of the fluorescence anisotropy can be predicted from the differences in fluorescence lifetimes and residual anisotropies of the probes located in different sites. Using this model, the local fluorescence anisotropy parameters and the relative contributions of the lipid probe octadecyl rhodamine B in a lipid environment and in the vicinity of bacteriophage M13 coat protein reconstituted in phospholipid bilayers, composed of 80% 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine and 20% 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol have been determined experimentally. At 40°C, the correlation times for bound and free probes are 2.3 and 3.0 ns, respectively, while the corresponding order parameters are 0.85 and 0.62, respectively.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00188040
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