Hydrodynamic Properties of Human Adhesion/Growth-Regulatory Galectins Studied by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy |
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Authors: | Antonia Gö hler,Herbert Kaltner,Hans-Joachim Gabius |
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Affiliation: | † Applied Laser Physics and Laser Spectroscopy, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany ‡ Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany |
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Abstract: | Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy is applied on homologous human lectins (i.e., adhesion/growth-regulatory galectins) to detect influence of ligand binding and presence of the linker peptide in tandem-repeat-type proteins on hydrodynamic properties. Among five tested proteins, lactose binding increased the diffusion constant only in the cases of homodimeric galectin-1 and the linkerless variant of tandem-repeat-type galectin-4. To our knowledge, the close structural similarity among galectins does not translate into identical response to ligand binding. Kinetic measurements show association and dissociation rate constants in the order of 1 to 103 M−1 s−1 and 10−4 s−1, respectively. Presence of the linker peptide in tandem-repeat-type protein leads to anomalous scaling with molecular mass. These results provide what we believe to be new insights into lectin responses to glycan binding, detectable so far only by small angle neutron scattering, and the structural relevance of the linker peptide. Methodologically, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy is shown to be a rather simple technical tool to characterize hydrodynamic properties of these proteins at a high level of sensitivity. |
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