PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF SERUM AND PLASMA PROTEINS .32. THE INTERACTION OF HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN WITH ZINC IONS
PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF SERUM AND PLASMA PROTEINS .32. THE INTERACTION OF HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN WITH ZINC IONS
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01123a027
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发表时间:
1952-01-01
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
GOODMAN, DS
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作者:
GURD, FRN;GOODMAN, DS
The interaction of human serum albumin with zinc ions has been studied in unbuffered solutions of the isoionic protein in 0.15 M sodium nitrate to which varying quantities of sodium hydroxide and zinc chloride were added. The results have been interpreted to show that zinc ions bind to the imidazole group of the histidine residues in the albumin, approximately in the proportion of one zinc ion to one imidazole group. Treating the binding of zinc ions and of hydrogen ions as a competition for the imidazole groups, an intrinsic binding constant for zinc ions has been calculated. This constant was found not to vary over a considerable range of values for the number of moles of zinc ions bound per mole of protein. The value of the con-stant is unchanged by guanidination or diazo-esterification ofthe albumin, and was identical with the first association constant determined for the interaction of zinc ions with imidazole.Advantage has recently been taken of the action of divalent metallic ions, notably zinc ion, in selec-tivity rendering insoluble the proteins contained in human blood plasma2, 3, 4 and in extracts of bovine liver. 6 It has been possible in this way either to reduce to a great extent the concentrations of organic solvents employed, or to abolish their use entirely in achieving certain separations. 4 This technique has tended to yield more stable protein preparations, and has simplified the main-tenance of temperature control. The use of zinc salts also has rendered the separations less sensitive to ionic strength, which means that it is no longer necessary to lower the ionic strength of body