Temperature dependence of tryptophan phosphorescence in proteins.
The phosphorescence yield and decay kinetics of tryptophan (Trp) in apoazurin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, subtilisin Carlsberg, Staphylococcal nuclease and liver alcohol dehydrogenase were determined as a function of temperature from 150 K (glassy matrix) to 300 K (fluid solution). The constancy of the lifetime-normalized phosphorescence yield with apoazurin and with Trp-314 in alcohol dehydrogenase establishes that the intersystem crossing quantum yield is practically unaffected across the temperature range. Consequently, any decrease in phosphorescence intensity not accounted for by lifetime-shortening is a signal either of the selective quenching of specific Trp residues in the same macromolecule or that the protein sample is heterogeneous in its emission properties. From an analysis of the thermal profile it is concluded that subtilisin Carlsberg and S. nuclease, as opposed to apoazurin, are not phosphorescent at ambient temperature, their residual emission probably arising from protein impurities. Criteria for distinguishing conformer emission from a contribution by protein impurities are discussed.[1]References
- Temperature dependence of tryptophan phosphorescence in proteins. Strambini, G.B., Gabellieri, E. Photochem. Photobiol. (1990) [Pubmed]
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