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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
The fluorescence properties of hemocyanin from the scorpion Leirus quinquestriatus were studied. Emission and excitation spectra were determined for protein in both its oxygenated and deoxygenated forms. Oxygenation was found to bring about a large blue shift in the position of the fluorescence maximum, in addition to a marked quenching of the fluorescence intensity as noted before for another hemocyanin. An appreciable tyrosyl contribution to the fluorscence of oxyhemocyanin was inferred from the wavelength dependence of its emission and excitation spectra. No tyrosyl fluorescence could be observed in either apo- or deoxyhemocyanin. It was concluded that the inability to observe tyrosyl emmision in deoxyhemocyanin is due to the dominating emission to tryptophan. The implication of the findings to the often noted failure to detect tyrosyl emission in proteins containing both tyrosine and tyrptophan is discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
490
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
322-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Tyrosyl fluorescence in hemocyanin from the scorpion Leirus quinquestriatus.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article