Demonstration of FRET in solutions

Sunil Shah; Zygmunt Gryczynski; Rahul Chib; Rafal Fudala; Aatmun Baxi; Julian Borejdo; Anna Synak; Ignacy Gryczynski

doi:10.1088/2050-6120/4/1/015001

Demonstration of FRET in solutions

Sunil Shah, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Rahul Chib, Rafal Fudala, Aatmun Baxi, Julian Borejdo, Anna Synak, Ignacy Gryczynski

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We measured the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from Uranin (U) donor to Rhodamine 101 (R101) acceptor in propylene glycol. Steady-state fluorescence measurements show a significant difference between mixed and unmixed fluorophore solutions. In the solution with mixed fluorophores, fluorescence intensity of the U donor decreases and intensity of R101 fluorescence increases. This is visualized as a color change from green to orange. Fluorescence anisotropy of the mixture solution increases in the donor emission wavelength region and decreases in the acceptor emission wavelengths; which is consistent with FRET occurrence. Time-resolved (lifetime) measurements show a decrease of the U lifetime in the presence of R101 acceptor. In the intensity decay of R101 acceptor appears a negative component indicating excited state process. All these measurements prove the presence of FRET in U/R101 mixture fluorescence.

Original language	English
Article number	015001
Journal	Methods and Applications in Fluorescence
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2050-6120/4/1/015001
State	Published - Mar 2016

Keywords

3D FRET
FRET in solution
Fluorescence
Forster distance

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