Matsumoto Y, Okada Y, Min K S, Onosaka S, Tanaka K
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kobe-Gakuin University, Nishi-ku, Japan.
Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1990 Sep;38(9):2364-8. doi: 10.1248/cpb.38.2364.
Phytochelatin (PC)-related peptides were prepared by a conventional solution method and their heavy metal-binding properties were examined. Different from the Cu2+ and Cu+ -binding properties of metallothionein (MT)-related peptides, the Cu2+ and Cu+ -binding properties of PC-related peptides were fairly dependent on structure. It is of interest that gamma-Glu-Cys-Gly (glutathione) exhibited quite different Cu2+ and Cu+ -binding properties from those of other PC-related peptides and its binding abilities were comparable to those of MT-related peptides. The Cd2+ -binding properties of glutathione were similar to those of Cys, and the Cd2+ -binding abilities of PC-related peptides increased in proportion to the increase of gamma-Glu-Cys peptide unit.
通过传统溶液法制备了植物螯合肽(PC)相关肽,并研究了它们的重金属结合特性。与金属硫蛋白(MT)相关肽的Cu2+和Cu+结合特性不同,PC相关肽的Cu2+和Cu+结合特性相当依赖于结构。有趣的是,γ-谷氨酰-半胱氨酸-甘氨酸(谷胱甘肽)表现出与其他PC相关肽截然不同的Cu2+和Cu+结合特性,其结合能力与MT相关肽相当。谷胱甘肽的Cd2+结合特性与半胱氨酸相似,且PC相关肽的Cd2+结合能力随γ-谷氨酰-半胱氨酸肽单元的增加而按比例增加。