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Simple PbII fluorescent probe based on PbII-catalyzed hydrolysis of phosphodiester

✍ Scribed by Ming Sun; Dihua Shangguan; Huimin Ma; Lihua Nie; Xiaohua Li; Shaoxiang Xiong; Guoquan Liu; Wolfram Thiemann


Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
121 KB
Volume
72
Category
Article
ISSN
0006-3525

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Abstract

A new fluorescent probe for Pb^II^, p‐nitrophenyl 3__H__‐phenoxazin‐3‐one‐7‐yl phosphoric acid (NPPA), was designed and synthesized by linking resorufin (serving as a fluorophore and electron acceptor) to p‐nitrophenol (serving as a fluorescence quencher and electron donor) through phosphodiester bonds. When NPPA was irradiated with light, intramolecular fluorescence self‐quenching took place because of the photoinduced electron transfer from the donor to the acceptor. However, upon the addition of Pb^II^, the phosphate ester bonds in the probe were cleaved and the fluorophore was released, accompanying the retrievement of fluorescence. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Biospectroscopy), 2003