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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 85, Issue 2, Pages 1259-1268Publisher
BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74561-5
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The aggregate morphology of meso-tetrakis( 4-sulfonatophenyl) porphyrin (TPPS4) in aqueous solution is investigated by using small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) technique. Measurements were performed at pH 4.0 and 9.0 to monitor the pH influence on the structural parameters of the aggregates. Radii of gyration were obtained from distance distribution functions p(r) analysis. The experimental data of TPPS4 at pH 4.0 showed well-defined oscillations characteristic of large aggregates in contrast to the SAXS curve of 5 mM TPPS4 at pH 9.0, where both a significant decrease in the intensity and the disappearance of the oscillation peaks suggest the dissociation of the aggregate. A 340-Angstrom long hollow'' cylinder with shell thickness of 20 Angstrom, compatible to the porphyrin molecule dimension, represents well the scattering curve of the aggregates at pH 4.0. According to the fitting parameters, 26 porphyrin molecules self-associate into a ringlike configuration in the plane of the cylinder cross-section. The total number of porphyrin molecules in the whole aggregate was also estimated as similar to 3000. The model compatible to SAXS data of a hollow cylinder with J-aggregation in the cross-section and H-aggregation ( columnar stacking) between the cylinder layers is consistent with optical absorption spectroscopic data both in the literature and obtained in this work.
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