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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
Determination of binding parameters such as the number of ligands and the respective binding constants require a considerable number of experiments to be performed. These involve accurate determination of either free and/or bound ligand concentration irrespective of the measurement technique applied. Then, an appropriate theoretical model is used to fit the experimental data, and to extract the binding parameters. In this work, the interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulphonate (ANS) is revisited. Using steady state fluorescence spectroscopy, the binding isotherm of BSA/ANS was obtained applying the Halfman-Nishida approach. The binding parameters, site number, and binding site association constants, were determined from the stoichiometric Adair model and Job's plot. The binding parameters obtained were then correlated to the distance of the respective binding site to the tryptophan residues using the energy transfer technique. This approach, that uses both tryptophans independently from each other, is presented as a tool to help understand the binding mechanism of the albumin fluorescent complex. The results show that ANS molecules bind to BSA in up to five different binding sites. Energy transfer from the tryptophan residues to the BSA/ANS complex shows that the four highest affinity binding sites (>10(4) M(-1)) are located at a reasonably close distance (18-27 A) to at least one of two tryptophan residues, while the lowest affinity binding site (approximately 10(4) M(-1)) is located over 34 A away from the both tryptophans.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1053-0509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
519-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
A fluorescence analysis of ANS bound to bovine serum albumin: binding properties revisited by using energy transfer.
pubmed:affiliation
Nanoscale Biophotonics Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland. denisio.togashi@nuigalway.ie
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't