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SUBMITTER: Rivera-Fuentes P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4037373 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rivera-Fuentes Pablo P Lippard Stephen J SJ
ChemMedChem 20140311 6
A reversible, reaction-based sensor for biological mobile zinc was designed, prepared, and characterized. The sensing mechanism of this probe is based on the zinc-induced, ring-opening reaction of spirobenzopyran to give a cyanine fluorophore that emits in the deep-red region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This probe is not activated by protons and operates efficiently in aqueous solution at pH 7 and high ionic strength. The mechanism of this reaction was studied by using a combination of kine ...[more]