Pr(III) and Nd (III) Absorption Spectroscopic Probe to Investigate Interaction with Lysozyme (HEW)

Pr(III) and Nd(III) can be utilized as absorption spectroscopic probes to investigate the interaction of biomolecules like Lysozyme (HEW) with Ca (II) in-vitro; the most abundant metal ion in the human body system. The spectroscopic techniques involving comparative absorption, absorption difference, and quantitative intensity analysis using 4f-4f transitions are utilized for changes in the inner sphere coordination pattern of Pr(III) and Nd(III) in solution as well as in solid state. The present study deals with an important biomolecule in human metabolism, that is, Lysozyme (HEW). The absorption spectral parameters such as the oscillator strength (P), the Judd-Ofelt (Tλ) intensity parameters, and the Slater-Condon inter electronic parameters are calculated using chi square methods. The obtained results are used to determine the probable geometry of the complex in the solution, the nature of the bond between Pr(III)/Nd(III) with lysozyme, and the inner sphere coordination environment of f-f transitions. The results obtained from various experimental conditions are utilized to investigate the coordination changes in the Pr(III)/Nd(III) complexes caused by different coordinating sites of lysozyme, normalized bite, denticity, the solvent nature, the coordination number, the nature of bond and other parameters to mimic the interaction of the Ca(II) ion with such biomolecule.