Vanadium-binding proteins (vanabins) from a vanadium-rich ascidian Ascidia sydneiensis samea
| Autor: | Masato Aoshima, Tatsuya Ueki, Kan Kanamori, Nobuo Yamaguchi, Takahiro Adachi, Hitoshi Michibata, Sonoko Kawano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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Ascidian
Molecular Sequence Data Biophysics Vanadium chemistry.chemical_element Metal accumulation Molybdate Models Biological Biochemistry DNA-binding protein law.invention chemistry.chemical_compound Transition metal Structural Biology law Consensus Sequence Genetics Animals Amino Acid Sequence Urochordata Cloning Molecular Chemistry Dissociation constant Metals Cytoplasm Recombinant DNA Vanabins Carrier Proteins Sequence Alignment |
| Zdroj: | Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1626:43-50 |
| ISSN: | 0167-4781 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0167-4781(03)00036-8 |
| Popis: | Since the beginning of the last century, it has been known that ascidians accumulate high levels of a transition metal, vanadium, in their blood cells, although the mechanism for this curious biological function remains unknown. Recently, we identified three vanadium-binding proteins (vanabins), previously denoted as vanadium-associated proteins (VAPs) [Zool. Sci. 14 (1997) 37], from the cytoplasm fraction of vanadium-containing blood cells (vanadocytes) of the vanadium-rich ascidian Ascidia sydneiensis samea. Here, we describe the cloning, expression, and analysis of the metal-binding ability of vanabins. Recombinant proteins of two independent but related vanabins, vanabin1 and vanabin2, bound to 10 and 20 vanadium(IV) ions with dissociation constants of 2.1x10(-5) and 2.3x10(-5) M, respectively. The binding of vanadium(IV) to these vanabins was inhibited by the addition of copper(II) ions, but not by magnesium(II) or molybdate(VI) ions. Vanabins are the first proteins reported to show specific binding to vanadium ions; this should provide a clue to resolving the problem regarding the selective accumulation of vanadium in ascidians. |
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