COMPARISON OF THE ZINC-BINDING DOMAINS IN THE 7S NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR AND THE ZINC INSULIN HEXAMER
COMPARISON OF THE ZINC-BINDING DOMAINS IN THE 7S NERVE GROWTH-FACTOR AND THE ZINC INSULIN HEXAMER
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00545a017
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
QUIEL, E
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作者:
DUNN, MF;PATTISON, SE;QUIEL, E
The chromophoric divalent metal ion chelator 2,2'',2"-terpyridine (Terpy) is used as a kinetic and spectroscopic probe to investigate the Zn binding domains in the mouse 7S nerve growth factor protein (7S NGFn) and the Zn-insulin hexamer (In)6(Zn2+)2. The stopped-flow rapid-mixing kinetic time courses for the sequestering and removal of Zn2+ from both of these Zn metalloprotein hormones are remarkably biphasic. The fast phase of each reaction is 2nd order overall: 1st order in Terpy and 1st order in protein-bound Zn2+. Although the spectral changes associated with the slow phase correspond to the uptake of 1 mol of Terpy per g-atom of Zn2+, the slow phase is a 1st-order process (zero order in Terpy). The concentration dependencies and spectral changes are consistent with a common reaction mechanism for both proteins; the fast phase involves the formation of a mono(Terpy)-Zn(II)-protein complex at each Zn site, and the slow phase involves the rate-limiting dissociation of the Terpy-bound Zn2+ from the protein, followed by the rapid coordination of a 2nd Terpy molecule and formation of the bis(Terpy)-Zn(II) complex. In contrast, the reactions of Terpy with carboxypeptidases A and B, carbonic anhydrase, thermolysin and horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase all were very slow (t1/2 [half-life] of hours to days). In each case, the time course was described by a single exponential. The high-resolution X-ray structure of (In)6(Zn2+)2 provides a satisfying structural rationale for the biphasic time course. Each of the 2 Zn2+ is hexacoordinate. Three of the ligands are water molecules; the remaining 3 are imidazolyl moieties of His-B10. Based on this structural information, the rapid phase of the reaction involves displacement of the 3 water molecules by the tridentate Terpy. The striking similarities between the reactions of 7S NGFn and (In)6(Zn2+)2 with Terpy suggest the existence of structural similarity in the Zn binding domains of 7S NGFn and (In)6(Zn2+)2.