Energy transfer in lipid bilayers.
The quenching of fluorescence due to energy transfer between a dilute, random array of donor and acceptor chromophores in lipid bilayer was measured and compared to theoretical expressions developed to predict the decrease in emission intensity under these circumstances. The observed intensity was found to be the same function of quencher concentration in both planar, multilamellar dispersions and small, spherical vesicles. The degree of quenching was accurately predicted by a simple relation derived in this paper, as well as a more complex equation previously developed by Tweet, et al. The results suggest that significant quenching may be observed even when the average donor-acceptor separation exceeds the Förster critical distance by severalfold. Application of these results to problems of current interest in membrane research are discussed.
D004735:Energy Transfer; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008433:Mathematics; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines
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