Following either intrinsic protein fluorescence (if
possible) or by labeling the protein with a suitable probe one would expect the
polarization of the system to decrease upon dissociation of the dimer into monomers since the smaller monomers will rotate more
rapidly than the dimers (during the excited state lifetime).
Hence for a given probe lifetime the polarization (or
anisotropy) of the monomer will be less than that of the dimer