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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-11
pubmed:abstractText
Changes in the conformational state of human plasma fibronectin and several of its fragments were studied by fluorescence emission, intrinsic fluorescence polarization and c.d. spectroscopy under conditions of guanidinium chloride-and temperature-induced unfolding. Fragments were chosen to represent all three types of internal structural homology in the protein. Low concentration (less than 2 M) of guanidinium chloride induced a gradual transition in the intact protein that was not characteristic of any of the isolated domains, suggesting the presence of interdomain interactions within the protein. Intermediate concentrations of guanidinium chloride (2-3 M) and moderately elevated temperatures (55-60 degrees C) induced a highly co-operative structural transition in intact fibronectin that was attributable to the central 110 kDa cell-binding domain. High temperatures (greater than 60 degrees C) produced a gradual unfolding in the intact protein attributable to the 29 kDa N-terminal heparin-binding and 40 kDa collagen-binding domains. Binding of heparin to intact fibronectin and to its N-terminal fragment stabilized the proteins against thermal unfolding. This was reflected in increased delta H for the unfolding transitions of the heparin-bound N-terminal fragment, as well as decreased accessibility to solvent perturbants of internal chromophores in this fragment when bound to heparin. These results help to account for the biological efficacy of the interaction between the fibronectin N-terminal domain and heparin, despite its relatively low affinity.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Unfolding transitions of fibronectin and its domains. Stabilization and structural alteration of the N-terminal domain by heparin.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla 10595.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.