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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biophys Chem. 2011 Aug 27;159(2-3):321–327. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.08.005

Table 1.

Crystal structure Tyr to Trp distances and calculated energy transfer efficiencies

Acceptor Donor κ2 Ro R E
W10 Y26 0.199 12.5 27.1 0.009
Y43 0.025 8.8 33.1 0.0004
Y57 0.282 13.2 12.4 0.597
Y64 0.070 10.5 18.8 0.029
W12 Y26 0.536 14.7 22.8 0.068
Y43 2.474 19.0 29.4 0.068
Y57 0.029 9.0 10.9 0.248
Y64 0.084 10.8 21.9 0.014

Distances, R, (Å) measured between center of Tyr ring and midpoint of bond between Trp Cδ2 and Cε2 (see Fig. 1). Dipole orientation factor, κ2, Förester critical distance, Ro, and energy transfer efficiency, E, calculated from equations (2) and (3) as described in text.