Revisiting the Rate-Limiting Step of the ANS–Protein Binding at the Protein Surface and Inside the Hydrophobic Cavity

8-Anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid (ANS) is used as a hydrophobic fluorescence probe due to its high intensity in hydrophobic environments, and also as a microenvironment probe because of its unique ability to exhibit peak shift and intensity change depending on the surrounding solvent environment...

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Main Authors: Chikashi Ota, Shun-ichi Tanaka, Kazufumi Takano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/2/420