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Photoacoustic Determination of Fluorescent Quantum Yields of Protein Probes
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy in Biochemistry II
Volume
1204
Publication Date
1990
First Page
126
Last Page
126
Abstract
Pulsed-laser photoacoustic methods may be used to determine the fluorescent quantum yields of fluorophores in solution. Of interest to biological spectroscopists are the fluorescent quantum yields of probes bound covalently or noncovalently to proteins. Previous studies (J.R. Small et al., Fluorescence Detection III, E.R. Menzel, ed., SPIE Proceedings 1054, pp. 26-35, 1989) have been extended to examine some common protein probes and their fluorescent quantum yields. Examples include the probes Prodan [6-propionyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthalene] and Acrylodan [6-acryloyl-2-(dimethylamino)naphthalene] in a variety of protein and solvent environments. We have found that, at the simplest level, the pulsed-laser photoacoustic technique gives us excellent results for the fluorescent quantum yields of fluorophores free in solution, but interestingly anomalous results for the fluorophores bound to proteins. The source of the anomalous protein results has not yet been determined, but several possibilities are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Photoacoustic determination of fluorescent quantum yields of protein probes. J. Rudzki Small and S. L. Larson. in Time-Resolved Laser Spectroscopy in Biochemistry II, J. R. Lakowicz, ed., SPIE Proceedings 1204, 126 (1990)
