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BINDING OF A QUINOLONE ANTIBIOTIC TO BACTERIAL<br />

PORIN OmpF<br />

formed between OmpF and CP. The 1:1 complex model is supported by data from a<br />

previous study [25].<br />

In the event <strong>of</strong> binding <strong>of</strong> CP to Ompf, the fluorescence <strong>of</strong> the several Trp’s present in<br />

one trimer will be quenched differently, as the distances between them and the antibiotic<br />

will be also different. Therefore, also for ρ bound , two different contributions for Trp 214<br />

and Trp 61 must be considered.<br />

ρ = ρ + ρ<br />

bound bound (Trp 214) bound (Trp61)<br />

(8)<br />

Assuming that at least one <strong>of</strong> the tryptophans <strong>of</strong> OmpF is part <strong>of</strong> a hypothetical CP<br />

binding site and subsequently completely quenched, and that no more than one<br />

antibiotic molecule can be specifically bound to a OmpF trimer at a given time, two<br />

models were devised: i) the CP binding site is close to the center <strong>of</strong> the trimer and<br />

binding <strong>of</strong> antibiotic leads to complete quenching <strong>of</strong> the three Trp 61 (distance <strong>of</strong> Trp 61 to<br />

CP

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