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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 360, Issue 2, Pages 421-434Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.05.014
Keywords
ankyrin repeat; isothermal titration colorimetry; rel family; I kappa B alpha; surface plasmon resonance
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [P01 GM071862-01A2, P01 GM071862] Funding Source: Medline
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I kappa B alpha is an ankyrin repeat protein that inhibits NF-kappa B transcriptional activity by sequestering NF-kappa B outside of the nucleus in resting cells. We have characterized the binding thermodynamics and kinetics of the I kappa B alpha ankyrin repeat domain to NF-kappa B(p50/p65) using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). SPR data showed that the I kappa B alpha and NF-kappa B associate rapidly but dissociate very slowly, leading to an extremely stable complex with a K-D,K-obs of approximately 40 pM at 37 degrees C. As reported previously, the wamino-terminal DNA-binding domain of p65 contributes little to the overall binding affinity. Conversely, helix four of p65, which forms part of the nuclear localization sequence, was essential for high-affinity binding. This was surprising, given the small size of the binding interface formed by this part of p65. The NF-kappa B(p50/p65) heterodimer and p65 homodimer bound I kappa B alpha with almost indistinguishable thermodynamics, except that the NF-kappa B P65 homodimer was characterized by a more favorable Delta H-obs, relative to the NF-kappa B(p50/p65) heterodimer. Both interactions were characterized by a large negative heat capacity change (Delta C-P,C-obs), approximately half of which was contributed by the p65 helix four that was necessary for tight binding. This could not be accounted for readily by the small loss of buried non-polar surface area and we hypothesize that the observed effect is due to additional folding of some regions of the complex. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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