Study of Porphyrin Assembly on DNA by a Resonance Light-Scattering Technique (CAT#: STEM-ST-0062-YJL)

Name: Study of Porphyrin Assembly on DNA by a Resonance Light-Scattering Technique
SKU: STEM-ST-0062-YJL
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Introduction

Cationic meso-substituted porphyrins and their metalloderivatives are proving valuable as probes of nucleic acid structure and dynamics. The observation of (rapid) uptake of porphyrins by DNA has helped form the basis for a proposal for a "quake" (collective motion) model for nucleic acids, involving the simultaneous breaking of multiple adjacent hydrogen bonds. Porphyrins have been shown to be capable of interacting with Z-DNA and converting it to the B-form. Energy-transfer processes through the double helix have been investigated with porphyrin acceptor.

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Principle

Resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS) is similar to Rayleigh scattering in nature. Resonance Rayleigh scattering is a special elastic scattering produced when the wavelength of Rayleigh scattering (RS) is located at or close to its molecular absorption band. The key to generating RRS is: when the scattering is at or close to the absorption band of the scattering molecule, since the electron absorbs the electromagnetic wave at the same frequency as the scattering frequency, the electron strongly absorbs the photon energy due to resonance and re-scatters. Its scattering intensity is several orders of magnitude higher than that of pure Rayleigh scattering, and it no longer obeys the Rayleigh law of I∝λ-4. This absorption-rescattering process is called resonance Rayleigh scattering (RRS).

Applications

Resonance Rayleigh scattering is used to the study of aggregation of chromophores on biological macromolecules and the determination of biological macromolecules such as nucleic acid, proteins and heparin, further, it has been used in the determination of trace amounts of inorganic ions and the cationic surfactant by means of ion association reactions with some dyes. In addition, it has been applied to the study of nanoparticles in liquid and the determination of β-cyclodextrin inclusion constant and the critical micelle concentration of surfactant.