Conformational changes of tarantula (Eurypelma californicum) haemocyanin detected with a fluorescent probe, 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole
| Autor: | Heinz Decker, Thomas Leidescher |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Molecular Stereochemistry Protein Conformation Affinity label medicine.medical_treatment Peptide Biochemistry chemistry.chemical_compound Protein structure medicine Animals Protein secondary structure Chromatography High Pressure Liquid Fluorescent Dyes chemistry.chemical_classification Oxadiazoles biology Hemocyanin Affinity Labels Spiders Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Fluorescence Peptide Fragments Amino acid Oxygen 4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan Spectrometry Fluorescence chemistry Hemocyanins biology.protein Diazole Oxidation-Reduction Peptide Hydrolases |
| Zdroj: | European journal of biochemistry. 187(3) |
| ISSN: | 0014-2956 |
| Popis: | Different fluorescent labels were tested in order to monitor conformational transitions of the four-hexamer haemocyanin from the tarantula Eurypelma californicum during the oxygenation process. When the four-hexamer was labelled with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, the maximum wavelength lambda max of the fluorescence emission spectrum was significantly shifted up to 5 nm, depending on pH and the degree of oxygenation. The values for lambda max of the fully oxygenated haemocyanin were 531.5 nm (pH less than 7.8) and 530.0 nm (pH greater than 7.8). For deoxygenated haemocyanin the values were 533.5 nm (pH less than 7.2) and 535.2 nm (pH greater than 7.2). The occurrence of four distinct emission maxima supports the hypothesis of four conformational species for the tarantula haemocyanin, which have been predicted by the nesting model [Robert, C. H., Decker, H., Richey, B., Gill, S. J. & Wyman, J. (1987) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 84, 1891-1895]. Only four amino acids of the four-hexamer were labelled with 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole. They were identified as lysine 484 on the purified peptide Leu-Arg-Lys-Phe-His-Arg. This amino acid is located on the surface of the four copies of subunit d. The sharp shift of the maxima of the emission wavelengths during oxygenation indicates that the four copies of subunits d synchronously take part in the conformational switch. This points to a concerted mechanism for the conformational transitions of the tarantula haemocyanin. |
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