Nanomaterials: hammerheading a new frontier

T. L. Jennings; J. C. Schlatterer; N. L. Greenbaum; G. F. Strouse

doi:10.1117/12.631418

21 November 2005 Nanomaterials: hammerheading a new frontier

T. L. Jennings, J. C. Schlatterer, N. L. Greenbaum, G. F. Strouse

Proceedings Volume 6009, Optical Methods in Drug Discovery and Development; 60090O (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631418
Event: Optics East 2005, 2005, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Energy transfer from organic fluorophores to small metal nanoparticles is being used as a molecular beacon tool to monitor the kinetic processes of the hammerhead ribozyme. This marks the first time that nanomaterials have been used to monitor ribozyme kinetics. The quantum efficiency of energy transfer from the fluorophore to the gold nanoparticle follows a distance dependence behavior, which allows the real-time characterization of ribozyme complex structure and cleavage kinetics. The rate of cleavage for our ribozyme at pH=6.5 and 37°C is measured to be on the order of 10^-2 min^-1, which is the correct order of magnitude for similar ribozymes at this pH in the literature.

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T. L. Jennings, J. C. Schlatterer, N. L. Greenbaum, and G. F. Strouse "Nanomaterials: hammerheading a new frontier", Proc. SPIE 6009, Optical Methods in Drug Discovery and Development, 60090O (21 November 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631418

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