title: Interactions of chromium (III) and chromium (VI) with bovine serum albumin studied by UV spectroscopy, circular dichroism, and fluorimetry.
abstract: In the present work, the interactions of bovine serum albumin (BSA) with chromium (III) chloride, potassium dichromate, and chromate were studied by fluorescence, circular dichroism, and UV-vis absorbance spectroscopy. Fluorescence quenching of BSA by chromium (III) was found to be a dynamic process in the beginning, turning static at later stages. Spectroscopic data show that both dichromate and chromate bind in similar electrostatic fashion to BSA and does not follow the fluorescence quenching observation for chromium (III).
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Virology & College of Chemistry and Molecular Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yue
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Zude
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Chaohong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002857:Chromium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005470:Fluorometry; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D002857:Chromium; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine