Biophys Chem. 1985 Aug;22(3):173-80.

Fluorescence quenching of the buried tryptophan residue of cod parvalbumin.

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Cod parvalbumin (isotype III) is a single tryptophan-containing protein. The fluorescence characteristics of this tryptophan residue (lambda em approximately 315 nm) suggest that it is buried from solvent and that it is located in an apolar core of the protein. Solute quenching studies of the tryptophan fluorescence of parvalbumin reveal dynamic quenching rate constants, kq, of 1.1 X 10(8) and 2.3 X 10(9) M-1 s-1 (at 25 degrees C) with acrylamide and oxygen, respectively, as quenchers. From temperature dependence studies, activation energies of 6.5 +/- 1.5 and 6.0 +/- 0.5 kcal/mol are found for acrylamide and oxygen quenching. The kq for acrylamide quenching is found to be relatively unchanged (+/- 10%) by an 8-fold increase in the bulk viscosity (glycerol/water mixture). These temperature and viscosity studies argue that the acrylamide quenching process involves a dynamic penetration of the quencher, facilitated by fluctuations in the protein's structure.

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