From the FRET calculation , it is said that if r i.e distance between donor and acceptor is less than 7nm. it indicates that the energy transfer between donor to acceptor occurs with high possibility. if r is more than 7nm than what can i conclude?
If the distance between the acceptor and donor is more than 7 nm or 70 A, that means the FRET efficiency is lower. Energy transfer efficiency is most sensitive to distance changes when the donor-acceptor separation length approaches the Förster distance for the two molecules.
is it possible that absorption spectra of two acceptors have almost the same overlaping extent with the fluorescence spectra of donar, but on calculation r values are different. Even calculated Energy transfer efficiency is almost same. But the binding affinity of acceptors are different for the same donor.
The fact that a distance is less or more than 7 nm is not enough, since the Forster-type energy transfer efficiency dependence depends on the sixth power of the distance and the dynamic range is most sensitive in the range 0.5R0