THE INTERACTION OF FLAVINS WITH EGG-WHITE RIBOFLAVIN-BINDING PROTEIN
THE INTERACTION OF FLAVINS WITH EGG-WHITE RIBOFLAVIN-BINDING PROTEIN
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(80)90005-3
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
MCCORMICK, DB
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作者:
CHOI, JD;MCCORMICK, DB
The properties of the riboflavin-binding site in the riboflavin-binding protein from egg white were elucidated by determining constants for binding of flavin analogs to the protein and by changes in absorption spectra of free and bound flavins. The spectral changes and unfavorable interaction of the protein with charged species indicate that the overall flavin environment in the holoprotein is hydrophobic. Modification of either ring or side-chain portions of flavin usually results in a decrease of binding energy. Although no one portion of the structure is essential, both 7- and 8-methyl groups and 2''-hydroxyl group contribute most significantly to binding. The binding site at the region of C-2 and N-3 of the isoalloxazine is insensitive to the relative site of a substituent and relatively open, whereas considerable steric limitation is imposed at C-8, N-10, especially C-1'' and 4-carbonyl positions. The hydroxyl groups of the N-10 side chain contribute in a stereoselective manner by formation of H-bonds. Studies with model compounds that represent only a part of flavin indicate that the dimethylbenzenoid portion of the ring is involved in primary interactions of binding, and relatively buried in the protein. The quenching of protein fluorescence upon binding is mainly due to ground-state stacking interaction between a trytophanyl residue at the binding site and quinoxaline portion, not to Foerster energy transfer.