... Human serum albumin (hSA, a globular protein, Mw approx. 67 kDa) is the main carrier and transport protein of extracellular human body fluids. Albumin executes a number of important functions (osmotic, ligand binding, detoxication, antioxidant, etc.) which are instantly related to special parts of its globule, binding sites. ... To study hSA binding sites, an original albumin-specific fluorescent probe CAPIDAN (a carboxyphenyl naphthalimide derivative) was synthesized. ... 2007 Biophysics dep., ...