荧光
生物分子
石墨烯
DNA
化学
分析物
表征(材料科学)
纳米技术
生物物理学
材料科学
色谱法
生物化学
生物
量子力学
物理
作者
Tonmoy Ghosh,Aniruddha Mondal,S.V. Vamsi Bharadwaj,Sandhya Mishra
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.06.201
摘要
Highly specific graphene-DNA interactions have been at the forefront of graphene-based sensor design for various analytes, including DNA itself. However, in addition to its detection, DNA also needs to be characterized according to its size and concentration in a sample, which is an additional analytical step. Designing a highly sensitive and selective DNA sensing and characterization platform is, thus, of great interest. The present study demonstrates that a bio-derived, naturally fluorescent protein C-phycoerythrin (CPE) – graphene oxide (GO) bio-composite can be used to detect dsDNA in nanomolar quantities efficiently via fluorescent “turn off/on” mechanism. Interaction with GO temporarily quenches CPE fluorescence in a dose-dependent manner. Analytical characterization indicates an indirect charge transfer with a corresponding loss of crystalline GO structure. The fluorescence is regained with the addition of DNA, while other biomolecules do not pose any hinderance in the detection process. The extent of regain is DNA length dependent, and the corresponding calibration curve successfully quantifies the size of an unknown DNA. The incubation time for detection is ~3–5 min. The bio-composite platform also works successfully in a complex biomolecule matrix and cell lysate. However, the presence of serum albumin poses a hinderance in the serum sample. Particle size analysis proves that CPE displacement from GO surface by the incoming DNA is the reason for the ‘turn on’ response, and that the sensing process is exclusive to dsDNA. This new platform could be an exciting and rapid DNA sensing and characterization tool.
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