Vd. Trivedi et al., INTERACTION OF BROMOCRESOL GREEN WITH DIFFERENT SERUM ALBUMINS STUDIED BY FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING, Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 43(1), 1997, pp. 1-8
The binding of bromocresol green to bovine serum albumin at micromolar
concentrations leads to quenching of protein fluorescence. This prope
rty has been used here to study interaction of bromocresol green with
bovine serum albumin as a function of pH and ionic strength. The trans
formation of fluorescence quench data obtained with bromocresol green
into Scatchard plots yielded an association constant of 3.06x10(7) 1M(
-1) and a binding capacity of about 1.0. The affinity of bromocresol g
reen for bovine serum albumin remains virtually unchanged between pH 4
.0 and 8.0 but decreases by about 7 fold with increase in ionic streng
th from 0.01 to 1.0. Six other serum albumins obtained from cat, dog,
human, pig and sheep have also been studied for bromocresol green bind
ing. Although all the albumins studied bind bromocresol green, they sh
ow considerable differences in their affinities towards the dye. It ap
pears that despite a great degree of overall similarity in their struc
ture and conformation, serum albumins from different species differ in
their ligand binding properties.