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  • Title: Fluorescence studies of pyrene maleimide-labeled translin: excimer fluorescence indicates subunits associate in a tail-to-tail configuration to form octamer.
    Author: Han MK, Lin P, Paek D, Harvey JJ, Fuior E, Knutson JR.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 2002 Mar 12; 41(10):3468-76. PubMed ID: 11876655.
    Abstract:
    Translin is an octameric single-stranded DNA binding protein consisting of 228 amino acid residues per monomer. This protein contains two cysteine residues per monomer. Studies of reactions with DTNB show that both cysteines are reactive and exhibit biphasic reaction kinetics. Further studies with two site-directed mutants, C58S and C225S, confirm that Cys-58 reacts slowly while Cys-225 reacts quickly. Pyrene excimer emission was observed for pyrene maleimide-labeled C58S mutant. This was not observed, however, with the pyrene maleimide-labeled C225S mutant. DAS (decay associated spectra) revealed that all excited pyrene labels on C225 residues can form excimers with pyrenes of adjacent subunits within a few nanoseconds. Time-resolved emission anisotropy detects a rotational correlation time appropriate for octameric but not dimeric species. These results indicate proximity for the Cys-225 residues on adjacent monomers and that the subunits must interact in a tail-to-tail orientation. Moreover, disulfide bonds are not required for the formation of an octamer.
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