A solvatochromic and non-fluorescent acid–base indicator, methyl orange (MO) was applied to colorimetric discrimination between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the corresponding diphosphate (ADP) at pH 2.0 in the presence of L-glutamic acid-derived cationic peptide amphiphile 1. This method is based on the fact that the amphiphile 1 can prevent MO from protonation even at pH 2.0. No similar colour change was observed when ADP was added instead of ATP under the same conditions. The effect of the molecular structure of several peptide amphiphiles and dyes was also investigated.
在 pH 值为 2.0 时,在
L-谷氨酸衍生的阳离子肽亲和剂 1 的存在下,一种溶解变色且无荧光的
酸碱指示剂甲基橙(MO)被用于比色法区分
三磷酸腺苷(
ATP)和相应的
二磷酸腺苷(
ADP)。这种方法的基础是,即使在 pH 值为 2.0 时,亲和剂 1 也能阻止 MO 发生质子化。在相同条件下,加入
ADP 而不是
ATP 时,没有观察到类似的颜色变化。此外,还研究了几种
多肽两性化合物和
染料的分子结构的影响。