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  • Title: Involvement of a lysine residue in the N-terminal Ni2+ and Cu2+ binding site of serum albumins. Comparison with Co2+, Cd2+ and Al3+.
    Author: Sadler PJ, Tucker A, Viles JH.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1994 Feb 15; 220(1):193-200. PubMed ID: 8119287.
    Abstract:
    We report one-dimensional and two-dimensional 1H-NMR studies of the binding of Ni2+, Cu2+, Co2+, Cd2+ and Al3+ to defatted bovine and human serum albumins. The diamagnetic shifts induced by Ni2+, and paramagnetic effects due to Cu2+, were consistent with strong binding to a square-planar site formed by the three N-terminal amino acid residues (Asp-Thr-His for bovine, and Asp-Ala-His for human albumin). In contrast to previous studies on isolated 1-24 N-terminal peptide, a Lys residue also appeared to be involved in the binding site, and is assigned as Lys4. A second His residue is also close to the Cu2+/Ni2+ binding site in bovine serum albumin and is assigned to His59 (not present in human albumin). Co2+ caused specific perturbation of the resonances for the three N-terminal residues as well as those for Lys4. This is the first evidence for Co2+ binding to the N-terminal metal site of serum albumin. Neither Al3+ nor Cd2+ perturbed resonances for the N-terminal amino acids, but bind elsewhere in the protein.
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