Cu+ distribution in metallothionein fragments |
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Authors: | Salgado Maria T Stillman Martin J |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada N6A 5B7. |
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Abstract: | The differential distribution of Cu+ between separate alpha and beta domains of metallothionein (the isolated peptide fragments) and the rate of transfer of Cu+ between the two domains using copper-thiolate specific emission spectroscopy are reported. Kinetic data show the rate of transfer of Cu+ from the Cu6alpha to the Cd3beta domain is 2 x 10(-1) s(-1) while the transfer from Cu6beta to the Cd4alpha domain is much slower at 8 x 10(-3) s(-1), indicating the greater binding affinity of Cu+ for the MT beta domain. We report that the emission intensity of Cu6beta is 0.45 the emission intensity of Cu6alpha-MT. Lambda(max) is shown to be a probe of the environment of the Cu+. A series of copper-containing domain intermediates to the formation of the filled Cu6S9-beta and Cu6S11-alpha-clusters are identified. A mechanism is proposed for the formation of Cu12(betaalpha)-MT that involves metal exchange reactions of Cu+ ions from the alpha to the beta domain with initial formation of a Cu4beta-cluster. |
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Keywords: | Emission spectroscopy Copper-thiolate clusters α and β domains Metallothionein Copper transport Kinetic analysis |
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