Fluorescence quenching of spectrin and other red cell membrane cytoskeletal proteins. Relation to hydrophobic binding sites
| Autor: | K S Smith, E Kahana, Jennifer C. Pinder, W B Gratzer |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
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Protein Conformation
Globular protein Biochemistry Humans Ankyrin Spectrin Lipid bilayer Molecular Biology chemistry.chemical_classification Liposome Binding Sites Quenching (fluorescence) Bilayer Erythrocyte Membrane Membrane Proteins Cell Biology Ligand (biochemistry) Cytoskeletal Proteins Spectrometry Fluorescence chemistry Biophysics Stearic Acids Protein Binding Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Biochemical Journal. 282:75-80 |
| ISSN: | 1470-8728 0264-6021 |
| DOI: | 10.1042/bj2820075 |
| Popis: | The intrinsic fluorescence of spectrin is strongly quenched by low concentrations of 2-bromostearate. This results from binding at a series of hydrophobic sites. Analysis of dynamic fluorescence quenching by acrylamide, iodide and caesium ions, separately and in conjunction with 2-bromostearate, leads to the conclusion that most of the tryptophan side-chains are exposed to solvent. The sites at which the fatty-acid-quenched tryptophans are located apparently interact with the lipid bilayer in the cell, as judged by quenching by bromostearate dissolved in the lipid phase. A minor proportion of the side-chains in native spectrin give rise to sharp proton magnetic resonance signals, indicative of segmental mobility; these chain elements contain some tryptophan residues, as revealed by weak downfield signals from the heterocyclic ring protons. These signals are not appreciably perturbed by stearic acid or by phosphatidylserine liposomes, suggesting that the hydrophobic binding sites are not in mobile chain elements. By contrast with a series of globular proteins which, with the exception of serum albumins, show little or no quenching by 2-bromostearate, the peripheral red cell membrane skeletal proteins ankyrin (and its spectrin-binding domain), protein 4.1 and (to a lesser extent) actin show evidence of a high affinity for the hydrophobic ligand and may, like spectrin, interact directly with the bilayer in situ. |
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