Bioconjugation of Gold Nanoparticles through the Oxidative Coupling of ortho-Aminophenols and Anilines

Autor: Stacy L. Capehart, Adel M. ElSohly, Allie C. Obermeyer, Matthew B. Francis
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Bioconjugate Chemistry. 25:1888-1892
ISSN: 1520-4812
1043-1802
DOI: 10.1021/bc5003746
Popis: While there are a number of methods for attaching gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) to biomolecules, the existing strategies suffer from nonspecific AuNP adsorption, reagents that are unstable in aqueous solutions, and/or long reaction times. To improve upon existing AuNP bioconjugation strategies, we have adapted a recently reported potassium ferricyanide-mediated oxidative coupling reaction for the attachment of aniline-functionalized AuNPs to o-aminophenol-containing oligonucleotides, peptides, and proteins. The aniline-AuNPs are stable in aqueous solutions, show little-to-no nonspecific adsorption with biomolecules, and react rapidly (30 min) with o-aminophenols under mild conditions (pH 6.5, 1 mM oxidant).
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