Journal
JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 95, Issue 2-3, Pages 124-130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-0134(03)00094-1
Keywords
Ag(I)-serum albumin; equilibrium constant; conformation transition; activation free energy; coordination analysis
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The interaction between Ag+ and human serum albumin (HSA) has been intensively studied by means of equilibrium dialysis, ligand-to-metal charge transition (LMCT) bands, circular dichroism (CD) and Raman spectroscopy. Scatchard analysis of the results of equilibrium dialysis indicates the presence of two types of binding sites for Ag+ on HSA, and the orders of magnitude of binding stability constants are found to be 10(5) and 10(4), respectively. During the binding process, a gradual increase in absorbance values of LMCT bands is observed with time-scanning UV absorption spectra, implying the Ag(I) centers are continually formed in HSA. The time-scanning CD spectra provide evidence that the binding of Ag+ induces HSA to undergo a slow rearrangement of tertiary structure, and to change from the original conformation in the absence of Ag+ (B-state) to conformation binding with Ag+ (A-state). The rate constants and activation free energy of A-B transition are calculated. The Raman spectrum of Ag(I)-HSA system shows distinct vibration bands at 224 and 246 cm(-1) in the low-frequency region, which significantly reveal the formation of Ag-S and Ag-N bonds. In addition, the electrostatic interaction between Ag+ and negatively charged oxygen is also detected with Raman spectroscopy. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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