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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 56, Issue 24, Pages 14870-14879Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01996
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- University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS)
- University of Strasbourg (IDEX)
- Frontier Research in Chemistry Foundation (Strasbourg)
- REseau NAtional de Rpe interDisciplinaire (RENARD, Federation RPE CNRS) [3443]
- Narodowe Centrum Nauki (Poland) [2016/23/B/ST5/02253]
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Peptides and proteins with the N-terminal motifs NH2-Xxx-His and NH2-Xxx-Zzz-His form well-established Cu(II) complexes. The canonical peptides are Gly-His-Lys and Asp-Ala-His-Lys (from the wound healing factor and human serum albumin, respectively). Cu(II) is bound to NH2-Xxx-His via three nitrogens from the peptide and an external ligand in the equatorial plane (called 3N form here). In contrast, Cu(II) is bound to NH2-Xxx-Zzz-His via four nitrogens from the peptide in the equatorial plane (called 4N form here). These two motifs are not mutually exclusive, as the peptides with the sequence NH2-Xxx-His-His contain both of them. However, this chimera has never been fully explored. In this work, we use a multispectroscopic approach to analyze the Cu(II) binding to the chimeric peptide Ala His-His (AHH). AHH is capable of forming the 3N- and 4N-type complexes in a pH dependent manner. The 3N form predominates at pH similar to 4-6.5 and the 4N form at similar to pH 6.5-10. NMR experiments showed that at pH 8.5, where Cu(II) is almost exclusively bound in the 4N form, the Cu(II)-exchange between AHH or the amidated AHH-NH2 is fast, in comparison to the nonchimeric 4N form (AAH). Together, the results show that the chimeric AHH can access both Cu(II) coordination types, that minor changes in the second (or further) coordination sphere can impact considerably the equilibrium between the forms, and that Cu kinetic exchange is fast even when Cu-AHH is mainly in the 4N form.
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