Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2012
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030724
Abstract
A new approach for the determination of the amyloid fibril - thioflavin T (ThT) binding parameters (the number of binding modes, stoichiometry, and binding constants of each mode) is proposed. This approach is based on the absorption spectroscopy determination of the concentration of free and bound to fibril dye in solutions, which are prepared by equilibrium microdialysis. Furthermore, the proposed approach allowed us, for the first time, to determine the absorption spectrum, molar extinction coefficient, and fluorescence quantum yield of the ThT bound to fibril by each binding modes. This approach is universal and can be used for determining the binding parameters of any dye interaction with a receptor, such as ANS binding to proteins in the molten globule state or to protein amorphous aggregates.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
PLoS One, v. 7, issue 2, art. e30724
© 2012 Kuznetsova et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Scholar Commons Citation
Kuznetsova, Irina M.; Sulatskaya, Anna I.; Uversky, Vladimir N.; and Turoverov, Konstantin K., "Analyzing Thioflavin T Binding to Amyloid Fibrils by an Equilibrium Microdialysis-based Technique" (2012). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 446.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/446
