Ray Arjun, Swamy Narasimha, Ray Rahul
Bioorganic Chemistry & Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 85 East Newton Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2008 Jan 25;365(4):746-50. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.11.033. Epub 2007 Nov 21.
Serum vitamin D-binding protein (DBP) is structurally very similar to serum albumin (ALB); both have three distinct structural domains and high cysteine-content. Yet, functionally they are very different. DBP possesses high affinity for vitamin D metabolites and G-actin, but ALB does not. It has been suggested that there may be cross-talk among the domains so that binding of one ligand may influence the binding of others. In this study we have employed 2-p-toluidinyl-6-sulfonate (TNS), a reporter molecule that fluoresces upon binding to hydrophobic pockets of DBP. We observed that recombinant domain III possesses strong binding for TNS, which is not influenced by 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) (25-OH-D(3)), yet TNS fluorescence of the whole protein is quenched by 25-OH-D(3). These results provide a direct evidence of cross-talk among the structural domains of DBP.
血清维生素D结合蛋白(DBP)在结构上与血清白蛋白(ALB)非常相似;两者都有三个不同的结构域且半胱氨酸含量高。然而,它们在功能上却有很大差异。DBP对维生素D代谢物和G-肌动蛋白具有高亲和力,但ALB则不然。有人提出,这些结构域之间可能存在相互作用,使得一种配体的结合可能会影响其他配体的结合。在本研究中,我们使用了2-对甲苯胺基-6-磺酸盐(TNS),一种与DBP疏水口袋结合时会发出荧光的报告分子。我们观察到重组结构域III对TNS具有很强的结合力,这不受25-羟基维生素D3(25-OH-D3)的影响,但整个蛋白的TNS荧光会被25-OH-D3淬灭。这些结果为DBP结构域之间的相互作用提供了直接证据。