Riesner D, Buenemann H
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1973 Mar;70(3):890-3. doi: 10.1073/pnas.70.3.890.
A stopped-flow apparatus utilizing light-scattering for following the progress of a reaction is described. The method is applicable to all reactions that result in a significant change of the average molecular weight. It was possible due to several modifications of a conventional stopped-flow system to obtain a sensitivity comparable to that of commercial instruments for static light-scattering measurements. Experiments on three reactions are reported: association and dissociation of mercury ligands with DNA, dissociation of the dimers of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase, and complex formation of tRNA(Ser) (yeast) with the cognate aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase. The changes in the intensities of the scattered light are calculated and compared with the measured amplitudes.
描述了一种利用光散射跟踪反应进程的停流装置。该方法适用于所有导致平均分子量发生显著变化的反应。由于对传统停流系统进行了多项改进,从而有可能获得与商用静态光散射测量仪器相当的灵敏度。报告了三个反应的实验:汞配体与DNA的缔合和解离、依赖DNA的RNA聚合酶二聚体的解离以及酵母tRNA(Ser)与同源氨酰-tRNA合成酶的复合物形成。计算了散射光强度的变化,并与测量的振幅进行了比较。