Open AccessStudy of Organization and Dynamics of Multi-Tryptophan Protein Molecules Utilizing Red Edge Excitation Shift Approach
Author(s) -
Anisur R. Molla,
Pritha Mandal
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
asian journal of chemistry/asian journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 0975-427X
pISSN - 0970-7077
DOI - 10.14233/ajchem.2020.22785
Subject(s) - tryptophan , chemistry , fluorescence , excitation , folding (dsp implementation) , molecule , red shift , excitation wavelength , chemical physics , wavelength , protein folding , biophysics , stokes shift , photochemistry , crystallography , biochemistry , optics , amino acid , organic chemistry , physics , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , galaxy , biology , engineering
A shift in the fluorescence emission maxima with gradual increase in excitation wavelength is termed as red edge excitation shift (REES). Tryptophan residues are widely utilized as intrinsic fluorescence probe to investigate the protein structures. Wavelength selective tryptophan fluorescence can explore the dynamics of surrounded water molecules, the ubiquitous biological solvent. Thus REES experiment of various protein conformational states can provide significant input to the study of protein folding pathway and it can also be useful to study interaction of proteins with others. In this review article, we shall focus on red edge effect of various multi-tryptophan proteins in their respective native, intermediate and denatured state.