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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 126, Issue 35, Pages 11024-11029Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja047589c
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK 09758, P30 DK 52574, R01 DK 48046] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 47969] Funding Source: Medline
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The recognition between proteins and their native ligands is fundamental to biological function. In vivo, human ileal bile acid binding protein (I-BABP) encounters a range of bile salts that vary in the number and position of steroidal hydroxyl groups and the presence and type of side-chain conjugation. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how chemical variability in the ligand affects the energetic and structural aspects of its recognition. Here we report studies of the binding site selectivity of I-BABP for glycocholic (GCA) and glycochenodeoxycholic (GCDA) acids using isotope-enriched bile salts along with two-dimensional heteronuclear NMR methods. When I-BABP is presented with either GCA or GCDA alone, the ligands bind to both sites. However, when presented with an equimolar mixture of the two bile salts, GCDA binds exclusively to site 1 and GCA to site 2. This remarkable selectivity is governed by the presence or absence of a single hydroxyl group at the C-12 position of the steroid tetracycle. The basis for this site selectivity appears to be energetic rather then steric.
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