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Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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PRINCIPLES OF FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY 89<br />

Figure 3.45. A zinc-sensitive peptide based on the dansyl fluorophore.<br />

Reprinted with permission from [180]. Copyright © 1996, American<br />

Chemical Society. Figure 3.46. Zinc-dependent emission spectra <strong>of</strong> the dansyl-labeled<br />

zinc finger peptide. From [180].<br />

Figure 3.47. Protein sensor for the antipsychotic drug trifluoperazine. The protein is calmodulin labeled with a fluorophore at a genetically inserted<br />

cysteine residue at position 109. From [181].<br />

3.11. CONCLUSION<br />

A diversity <strong>of</strong> molecules display fluorescence, and numerous<br />

interactions and processes can alter the spectral properties.<br />

Fluorophores can be covalently attached to macromolecules,<br />

or designed to interact with specific ions. Emission<br />

can occur from the UV to the NIR, and probes are available<br />

with short (ns) and long (:s to ms) lifetimes. The technology<br />

<strong>of</strong> probe chemistry is rapidly changing, and new probes<br />

are allowing previously impossible experiments to be performed.

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