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  • Title: Interaction of Schiff base with bovine serum albumin: site-specific photocleavage.
    Author: Shrivastava HY, Kanthimathi M, Nair BU.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1999 Nov 19; 265(2):311-4. PubMed ID: 10558863.
    Abstract:
    A Schiff-base ligand with donor/acceptor substituents viz. 2, 3-bis¿[(2-hydroxy-4-diethylamino) (phenyl) (methylene)]amino¿-2-butenedinitrile was synthesized, its binding properties with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and its site-specific photocleavage in the presence of cobaltous chloride have been evaluated. The Schiff-base ligand showed increase in absorption with a 5-nm red shift in the absorption maximum consistent with the binding of Schiff-base ligand to hydrophobic sites on the protein. The binding plot obtained from the absorption titration gives a binding constant of 6.4 +/- 0.3 x 10(4) M(-1). The CD spectrum of BSA in presence of the ligand shows that binding of the ligand leads to a change in the helicity of the protein. This ligand has been found to induce site-specific photocleavage of the protein in the presence of cobaltous chloride. The gel electrophoresis pattern of a photolyzed sample of BSA/Schiff-base ligand/cobaltous chloride shows that protein is cleaved into two polypeptide fragments, indicating site-specific binding for the ligand to the protein.
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