• 文献标题:   Graphene Oxide as a Quencher for Fluorescent Assay of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI SH, APHALE AN, MACWAN IG, PATRA PK, GONZALEZ WG, MIKSOVSKA J, LEBLANC RM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene oxide, quenching, interaction, amino acid, peptide, protein
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Miami
  • 被引频次:   110
  • DOI:   10.1021/am302704a
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Understanding the interaction between graphene oxide (GO) and the biomolecules is fundamentally essential, especially for disease- and drug-related peptides and proteins. In this study, GO was found to strongly interact with amino acids (tryptophan and tyrosine), peptides (Alzheimer's disease related amyloid beta 1-40 and type 2 diabetes related human islet amyloid polypeptide), and proteins (drug-related bovine and human serum albumin) by fluorescence quenching, indicating GO was a universal quencher for tryptophan or tyrosine related peptides and proteins. The quenching mechanism between GO and tryptophan (Tip) or tyrosine (Tyr) was determined as mainly static quenching, combined with dynamic quenching (Forster resonance energy transfer). Different quenching efficiency between GO and Tip or Tyr at different pHs indicated the importance of electrostatic interaction during quenching. Hydrophobic interaction also participated in quenching, which was proved by the presence of, nonionic amphiphilic copolymer Pluronic F127 (PF127) in GO dispersion. The strong hydrophobic interaction between GO and PF127 efficiently blocked the hydrophobic interaction between GO and Tip or Tyr, lowering the quenching efficiency.