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The molecular mechanism of the formation of protein corona by the interaction of gold nanorods (AuNRs) with fibrinogen and transferrin was studied by spectroscopic methods and molecular docking. Studies have shown that AuNRs can be used as quencher to quench the fluorescence of fibrinogen/transferrin. The quenching mechanism mainly comes from static quenching. Fibrinogen has two different binding sites on the longitudinal and the transverse plane of AuNRs respectively, while transferrin has only one binding site on the surface of AuNRs. The adsorption process conforms to Freundlich adsorption isotherm and the pseudo-second-order reaction. The chemisorption is the rate-limiting step. Fibrinogen/transferrin may be a component of the "hard corona" because they bind AuNRs with high binding affinity. The formation of protein corona leads to a decrease in the hydrophobicity of the microenvironment around transferrin tryptophan (Trp) residues and an increase in the hydrophobicity of the microenvironment around fibrinogen/transferrin tyrosine (Tyr) residues, affecting the tertiary and secondary structure of fibrinogen/transferrin. Molecular docking can clearly see the specific amino acid residues of fibrinogen and transferrin adsorbed on AuNRs, and verify the experimental results.
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