A Fluorescent “Allosteric Scorpionand” Complex Visualizes a Biological Recognition Event
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A new class of fluorescent reporter is described and used to visualize the biotin/avidin binding interaction. Derivatives of the azamacrocycle cyclam that contain a pendant naphthalimide dye are inherently fluorescent when zinc(II) is coordinated. Introducing a second pendant group ...
See moreA new class of fluorescent reporter is described and used to visualize the biotin/avidin binding interaction. Derivatives of the azamacrocycle cyclam that contain a pendant naphthalimide dye are inherently fluorescent when zinc(II) is coordinated. Introducing a second pendant group – biotin – affords an unsymmetrical bis-triazole-scorpionand ligand that interacts specifically with avidin. This ligand has been assembled using a one-pot “double-click” strategy and complexed with copper(II) and zinc(II). The zinc(II) complex is fluorescent, and its fluorescence output changes in the presence of avidin. Upon avidin binding, the fluorescence output is diminished by interaction with the protein, at [complex]:[avidin] ratios up to 4:1. The observed change may arise from a specific quenching effect in the biotin binding pocket or from a binding-induced change in the coordination geometry of the complex.
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See moreA new class of fluorescent reporter is described and used to visualize the biotin/avidin binding interaction. Derivatives of the azamacrocycle cyclam that contain a pendant naphthalimide dye are inherently fluorescent when zinc(II) is coordinated. Introducing a second pendant group – biotin – affords an unsymmetrical bis-triazole-scorpionand ligand that interacts specifically with avidin. This ligand has been assembled using a one-pot “double-click” strategy and complexed with copper(II) and zinc(II). The zinc(II) complex is fluorescent, and its fluorescence output changes in the presence of avidin. Upon avidin binding, the fluorescence output is diminished by interaction with the protein, at [complex]:[avidin] ratios up to 4:1. The observed change may arise from a specific quenching effect in the biotin binding pocket or from a binding-induced change in the coordination geometry of the complex.
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Date
2013-01-09Publisher
Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaALicence
"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Yu, M., Yu, Q., Rutledge, P., Todd, M. (2013). A fluorescent "allosteric scorpionand" complex visualizes a biological recognition event. ChemBioChem, 14(2), 224-229, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/cbic.201200637 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."Citation
Yu, M., Yu, Q., Rutledge, P., Todd, M. (2013). A fluorescent "allosteric scorpionand" complex visualizes a biological recognition event. ChemBioChem, 14(2), 224-229Share