Study on the interaction of 3,3-bis(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)-phthalide with bovine serum albumin by fluorescence spectroscopy

The interaction between 3,3-bis(4-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)-phthalide (NPP) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) have been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. The binding of NPP quenches the BSA fluorescence. By the fluorescence quenching results, it was found that the binding constant K = 5.30 × 104 L mol−1, and number of binding sites n = 0.9267. In addition, according to the synchronous fluorescence spectra of BSA, the results showed that the fluorescence spectra of BSA mainly originate from the tryptophan residues. Finally, the distance between the acceptor NPP and BSA was estimated to be 1.94 nm using Fösterʹs equation on the basis of fluorescence energy transfer. The interaction between NPP and BSA has been verified as consistent with the static quenching procedure and the quenching mechanism is related to the energy transfer.