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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 46, Issue 43, Pages 12231-12237Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi700823k
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In order to investigate the dynamic strength of the interaction between lung surfactant protein D (SP-D) and different sugars, maltose, mannose, glucose, and galactose, we have used an atomic force microscope to monitor the interaction on a single molecule scale. The experiment is performed by measuring the rupture force when the SP-D-sugar bond is subjected to a continuously increasing force. Under these dynamic conditions, SP-D binds strongest to D-mannose and weakest to maltose and D-galactose. These results differ from equilibrium measurements wherein SP-D exhibits preference for maltose. On the basis of this finding, we propose that the binding of the disaccharide maltose to SP-D, which is energetically stronger than the binding of any of the monosacchrides, alters the structure of the binding site in a way that lowers the dynamic strength of the bond. We conclude that determining the strength of a protein-ligand bond under dynamic stress using an atomic force microscope is possibly more relevant for mimicking the actual nonequilibrium physiological situation in the lungs.
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