pH-Sensitive fluorophores from locked GFP chromophores by a non-alternant analogue of the photochemical meta effect.
2016
We report the synthesis and characterization of a pH-sensitive fluorescence switch based on a conformationally-locked green fluorescent protein (GFP) chromophore. The chromophore differs from difluoroboryl-locked parent by the addition of a titratable alcohol group on the imidazolinone ring. The chromophore is fluorescent at pH ≤ 5, but becomes non-fluorescent at higher pH, where the substituent is ionized. We use a quantum chemical model to show that the mechanism of the fluorescence turn-off is electronically analogous to photochemical meta effects in aryl-containing systems.
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