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We describe a simple optical system employing fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to identify potential binding domains on the macrophage scavenger receptor for the ligand maleylated bovine serum albumin (mal-BSA). Using a plasma membrane vesicle system, we placed donor probes on the ligand and acceptor probes in the membrane to determine the distance of bound ligand from the cell surface. Two donors and three acceptors were employed. Transfer between ligand covalently modified with multiple dansyl molecules and hexadecanoylaminoeosin in the membrane yielded a distance of 46.5 ± 7.5 å; transfer from the same type of donors to octadecylrhodamine B in the membrane gave a distance of 58.5 ± 3.0 å. No transfer was observed between ligand mono-labeled with fluorescein and l,l′-dioctadecyl-3,3,3′,3′-tetramethylindocarbocyanineperchlorate in the membrane. This suggests that the orientation of mal-BSA bound to the receptor places the fluorescein probe too far from the lipid surface to experience energy transfer. The distance information identifies a potential location for the binding site, which can be compared to structural information about the receptor and used to extract a binding sequence.
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Louie, A.Y., Tromberg, B.J. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer: FRET studies of ligand binding to cell surface receptors. J Fluoresc 8, 13–20 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02758231
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