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JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE
Volume 132, Issue 3, Pages 592-599Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2011.09.050
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Tabersonine; Human serum albumin; Fluorescence quenching; Thermodynamic parameters; Molecular modeling
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The mechanism of interaction between tabersonine (TAB) and human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by the methods of fluorescence spectroscopy, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and molecular modeling under simulative physiological conditions. Results obtained from analysis of fluorescence spectrum and fluorescence intensity indicated that TAB has a strong ability to quench the intrinsic fluorescence of HSA through a static quenching procedure. The binding site number n and apparent binding constant K-a, corresponding thermodynamic parameters Delta G, Delta H and Delta S at different temperatures were calculated. The distance r between donor (human serum albumin) and acceptor (tabersonine) was obtained according to the Forster theory of non-radiation energy transfer. The effect of common ions on binding constant was also investigated. The synchronous fluorescence and three-dimensional fluorescence spectra were used to investigate the structural change of HSA molecules with addition of TAB. Furthermore, the study of molecular modeling indicated that TAB could bind to the site I of HSA and hydrophobic interaction was the major acting force, which was in agreement with the binding mode study. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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