Thioflavin T as luminescence biosensors for nucleic acid study and RNase A activity detection

Autor: Changying Yang, Shuang Lu, Han Liu, Jinya Du, Yuzhi Dong, Yang Li, Lingli Gong
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Microchemical Journal. 147:842-847
ISSN: 0026-265X
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.04.008
Popis: An applicable RNase assay was constructed based on strong luminescent complex between Thioflavin T (ThT) and RNA. The emission of ThT was more sensitive to RNA than to DNA, and electrostatic interaction played an important role when ThT interacted with RNA. The ThT-RNA fluorescence system displayed high specific quenching for RNase A, which originated from the specific cleavage reaction of RNA by RNase A. The quantitative detection of RNase A was built with a rather low detection limit 2.47 × 10−6 U/mL. Enzymatic kinetics and inhibitory experiments were conducted to demonstrate the utilities of this method in RNase A activity study and screening of enzyme inhibitors in biological samples.
Databáze: OpenAIRE