The photophysics of homotryptophan

✍ Scribed by Douglas R. James; William R. Ware

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 401 KB
• Volume: 120
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(85)85639-6

✦ Synopsis

Homotqxophan (HTRP) IS rhc analog or qplophan (TRP) ulth one addwonal mcth>lene sepnrn~mg Ihe mdole nng rrom Ihe amino ncld mowy HTRP has \ery slmllar fluorescence properl~es IO TRP m Ihal II uhlb1t.s 1-0 hlehmes nscoclared Hlrh Ihc z\rnlerlon and one hferlme assoclaled \llh the amon Thus behauour IS noI read111 erplamed by the o-b rammer models proposed for TRP Rnlher the phomph>slcal brhzwour of HTRP 1s bctwr lnterprercd m wrms of an underlyIng dwnburlon or IlCenmes \hlch analyzes IO ywld only INO oppnrem llleurnes Thus rcsul~ brmgs n-no quesuon all mlcrprelatlons whxh assIgn MelImes 10 spec~lic SI~IL'S uhen one a pnon expects a \lde dlslrlbullon or Inleracnons