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Knowledge on PRET mechanism would be a guide for developing PRET-based sensors. The study on PRET mechanism is in infancy. Herein, the effect of spectral overlap between donor and acceptor on PRET was investigated using the model donor–acceptor pairs, Au/Ag/Au nanosphere (Au/Ag/AuNS)-QD 800 and Au nanosphere (AuNS)-QD 800. The PRET comparison betwe...
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Developing novel strategies to measure nanoscale distance and molecular interaction on a living cell membrane is of great significance but challenging. Here we develop a model of a linker-free plasmon resonance energy transfer, termed "PRET nanoruler", which is composed of a single-sized nanogold-antibody conjugates donor (G26@antiCD71) and a fluorophore-labeled XQ-2d aptamer receptor (XQ-2d-Cy3), that produces a separation distance (r) dependent energy transfer (ηPRET). Both the theoretical finite element simulation and experiments evidence the observable PRET between single G26NPs and XQ-2d-Cy3. Regardless of the size of ηPRET, we could confirm r is less than 5 nm, the separation of two binding sites is in the range of 13.0-18.0 nm. There is a competitive binding of Tf and XQ-2d-Cy3 on CD71 receptors. PRET nanoruler realizes the estimation of the nanoscale separation distance, and determines the molecular interaction and competitive binding. It is an alternative tool for observing nanoscale single molecular events in the future.
