6,7-dimethoxy-coumarin as a probe of hydration dynamics in biologically relevant systems

0506449 - MBÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Ghose, Avisek - Amaro, M. - Kovaříček, P. - Hof, M. - Sýkora, J.
6,7-dimethoxy-coumarin as a probe of hydration dynamics in biologically relevant systems.
Methods and Applications in Fluorescence. Roč. 6, č. 2 (2018), č. článku 025005. ISSN 2050-6120. E-ISSN 2050-6120
Institutional support: RVO:61388971
Keywords : time dependent fluorescence shift * 6,7-dimethoxy-coumarin * hydration
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 2.940, year: 2018
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2050-6120/aaaa05

Coumarin derivatives are well known fluorescence reporters for investigating biological systems due to their strong micro-environment sensitivity. Despite having wide range of environment sensitive fluorescence probes, the potential of 6,7-dimethoxy-coumarin has not been studied extensively so far. With a perspective of its use in protein studies, namely using the unnatural amino acid technology or as a substrate for hydrolase enzymes, we study acetyloxymethyl-6,7-dimethoxycoumarin (Ac-DMC). We investigate the photophysics and hydration dynamics of this dye in aerosol-OT (AOT) reverse micelles at various water contents using the time dependent fluorescence shift (TDFS) method. The TDFS response in AOT reverse micelles from water/surfactant ratio of 0 to 20 confirms its sensitivity towards the hydration and mobility of its microenvironment. Moreover, we show that the fluorophore can be efficiently quenched by halide ions. Hence, we conclude that the 6,7-dimethoxy-methylcoumarin fluorophore is useful for studying hydration parameters in biologically relevant systems.
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