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Daniele Dell'Orco1, Michael Müller, Karl-Wilhelm Koch.
Abstract
We determined the conditions under which surface plasmon resonance can be used to monitor at real-time the Ca(2+)-induced conformational transitions of the sensor protein recoverin immobilized over a sensor chip. The equilibrium and the kinetics of conformational transitions were detected and quantified over a physiological range of Ca(2+) and protein concentrations similar to those found within cells. Structural analysis suggests that the detection principle reflects changes in the hydrodynamic properties of the protein and is not due to a mass effect. The phenomenon appears to be related to changes in the refractive index at the metal/dielectric interface.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20835460 DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02086a
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Commun (Camb) ISSN: 1359-7345 Impact factor: 6.222