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  • Title: Calcium-43 NMR studies of calcium-binding lysozymes and alpha-lactalbumins.
    Author: Aramini JM, Drakenberg T, Hiraoki T, Ke Y, Nitta K, Vogel HJ.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1992 Jul 28; 31(29):6761-8. PubMed ID: 1637811.
    Abstract:
    The calcium-binding properties of equine and pigeon lysozyme as well as those of bovine and human alpha-lactalbumin were investigated by 43Ca NMR spectroscopy. All proteins were found to contain one high-affinity calcium-binding site. The chemical shifts, line widths, relaxation times (T1 and T2), and quadrupole coupling constants for the respective 43Ca NMR signals were quite similar; this is indicative of a high degree of homology between the strong calcium-binding sites of these four proteins. The measured chemical shifts (delta approximately -3 to -7 ppm) and quadrupole coupling constants (chi approximately 0.7-0.8 MHz) are quite distinct from those observed for typical EF-hand calcium-binding proteins, suggesting a different geometry for the calcium-binding loops. The correlation times for bound calcium ions in these proteins were on the order of 4-8 ns, indicating that the flexibilities of these binding sites are limited. The apparent pKa values for the high-affinity sites ranged from 3.4 to 4.7, confirming the participation of carboxylate-containing residues in the coordination of the calcium ion. Competition experiments with EDTA showed that the affinities of these proteins for calcium follow the series bovine alpha-lactalbumin approximately human alpha-lactalbumin greater than pigeon lysozyme greater than equine lysozyme (KD approximately 5 x 10(-8) to 10(-6) M). Evidence for the existence of a second weak calcium-binding site (KD = 3 x 10(-3) M) was obtained for bovine alpha-lactalbumin, but not for the other proteins studied.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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