Communications Chemistry (May 2021)

Functionalized Au15 nanoclusters as luminescent probes for protein carbonylation detection

  • Guillaume F. Combes,
  • Hussein Fakhouri,
  • Christophe Moulin,
  • Marion Girod,
  • Franck Bertorelle,
  • Srestha Basu,
  • Romain Ladouce,
  • Martina Perić Bakulić,
  • Željka Sanader Maršić,
  • Isabelle Russier-Antoine,
  • Pierre-François Brevet,
  • Philippe Dugourd,
  • Anita Krisko,
  • Katarina Trajković,
  • Miroslav Radman,
  • Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký,
  • Rodolphe Antoine

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-021-00497-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Atomically precise gold nanoclusters hold promise as non-linear optical probes for biological imaging. Here functionalized luminescent gold nanoclusters bind free carbonyls via oxime bond formation, allowing detection of carbonylated proteins via gel electrophoresis and fluorescence imaging.