Mechanism Behind the Apparent Large Stokes Shift in LSSmOrange Investigated by Time-Resolved Spectroscopy

2015 ◽  
Vol 119 (47) ◽  
pp. 14880-14891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Fron ◽  
Herlinde De Keersmaecker ◽  
Susana Rocha ◽  
Yannick Baeten ◽  
Gang Lu ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mateusz Mieczkowski ◽  
Christian Steinmetzger ◽  
Irene Bessi ◽  
Ann-Kathrin Lenz ◽  
Alexander Schmiedel ◽  
...  

AbstractFluorogenic RNA aptamers are synthetic functional RNAs that specifically bind and activate conditional fluorophores. The Chili RNA aptamer mimics large Stokes shift fluorescent proteins and exhibits high affinity for 3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxybenzylidene imidazolone (DMHBI) derivatives to elicit green or red fluorescence emission. Here, we elucidate the structural and mechanistic basis of fluorescence activation by crystallography and time-resolved optical spectroscopy. Two co-crystal structures of the Chili RNA with positively charged DMHBO+ and DMHBI+ ligands revealed a G-quadruplex and a trans-sugar-sugar edge G:G base pair that immobilize the ligand by π-π stacking. A Watson-Crick G:C base pair in the fluorophore binding site establishes a short hydrogen bond between the N7 of guanine and the phenolic OH of the ligand. Ultrafast excited state proton transfer (ESPT) from the neutral chromophore to the RNA was found with a time constant of 130 fs and revealed the mode of action of the large Stokes shift fluorogenic RNA aptamer.







Author(s):  
Hong-Bo Liu ◽  
Hai Xu ◽  
Xin Guo ◽  
Jian Xiao ◽  
Zheng-Hong Cai ◽  
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A near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent probe with a large Stokes shift (143 nm) for the rapid identification of Cys over Hcy and GSH in aqueous solution was developed.



RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (71) ◽  
pp. 43459-43471
Author(s):  
Hussain A. Z. Sabek ◽  
Ahmed M. M. Alazaly ◽  
Dina Salah ◽  
Hesham S. Abdel-Samad ◽  
Mohamed A. Ismail ◽  
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Solvation-dependent photophysical properties of two push–pull thiophene-based compounds with donor–π–acceptor (D–π–A) structures were investigated using absorption, fluorescence emission and time resolved spectroscopy, and supported by different solvation models.



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