title: Phallotoxin and actin binding assay by fluorescence enhancement.
abstract: The fluorescence of five fluorophores conjugated to phallotoxins was found to be specifically enhanced upon binding to F-actin in a polymerizing buffer. Rhodamine phalloidin had the greatest fluorescence enhancement of ninefold. The fluorescence titration of rhodamine phalloidin by actin was shown to be consistent with stoichiometric binding. The fluorescence enhancement of rhodamine phalloidin at 5 microM is linearly related to F-actin concentrations up to 2 microM and therefore can be used as an easy means of F-actin quantitation. In a competition assay, other phallotoxins reduce the fluorescence enhancement that results from the binding of rhodamine phalloidin to polymerized actin. This reduction also permits a convenient measurement of the binding constants of any competing phallotoxins.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, Oregon 97402.
authors.forename: Z J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Haugland
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: You
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Haugland
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000546:Amanitins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D010590:Phalloidine / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000546:Amanitins; D010590:Phalloidine; C018358:phallotoxin