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Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy

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464 ENERGY TRANSFER<br />

Figure 13.29. Amino-acid sequence (left) and structure <strong>of</strong> the membrane-bound dimer (right) <strong>of</strong> gramicidin A. The D and L (left) refer to the optical<br />

isomer <strong>of</strong> the amino acid. Revised from [71].<br />

acceptor concentration is increased. The fact that the gramicidin<br />

emission is quenched by RET, rather than a collisional<br />

process, is supported by the enhanced emission <strong>of</strong> the<br />

dansyl-PC at 520 nm.<br />

The decreasing intensities <strong>of</strong> the gramicidin emission<br />

can be used to determine the tryptophan to dansyl-PC transfer<br />

efficiencies (Figure 13.31). The transfer efficiencies are<br />

compared with the calculated efficiencies for a random<br />

Figure 13.30. Emission spectra <strong>of</strong> gramicidin and dansyl-PC in vesicles<br />

composed <strong>of</strong> egg PC and egg PA. λ ex = 282 nm. Dansyl-PC is 1acyl-2-[11-N-[5-dimethylamino<br />

naphthalene-1-sulfonyl]amino] undecanoyl<br />

phosphatidylcholine. The lipid-to-dansyl PC ratios are shown<br />

on the figure. Revised and reprinted with permission from [72].<br />

Copyright © 1988, American Chemical Society.<br />

acceptor distribution in two dimensions. These curves were<br />

calculated using eqs. 13.26 and 13.28. The data match with<br />

the curve calculated for the known R 0 <strong>of</strong> 24 Å, demonstrating<br />

that acceptor distribution <strong>of</strong> dansyl-PC around gramicidin<br />

is random. If the labeled lipid dansyl-PC was local-<br />

Figure 13.31. Efficiency <strong>of</strong> energy transfer from gramicidin to dansyl-PC<br />

as a function <strong>of</strong> dansyl-PC/phospholipid ratio. The experimental<br />

points (!) were calculated from the tryptophan quenching data,<br />

and the solid curves were calculated for a random array <strong>of</strong> donors and<br />

acceptors in two dimensions with R 0 = 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 Å. A<br />

value <strong>of</strong> R 0 = 24 ± 1 Å gave the best fit to the experimental data.<br />

Revised and reprinted with permission from [72]. Copyright © 1988,<br />

American Chemical Society.

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