Title
Sensing of Proteins by ICD Response of Iron(II) Clathrochelates Functionalized by Carboxyalkylsulfide Groups
Author
Mykhaylo Losytskyy
Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics NASU
Author
Nina Chornenka
Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NASU
Author
Serhii Vakarov
Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NASU
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Abstract
Recognition of elements of protein tertiary structure is crucial for biotechnological and biomedical tasks; this makes the development of optical sensors for certain protein surface elements important. Herein, we demonstrated the ability of iron(II) clathrochelates (1–3) functionalized with mono-, di- and hexa-carboxyalkylsulfide to induce selective circular dichroism (CD) response upon binding to globular proteins. Thus, inherently CD-silent clathrochelates revealed selective inducing of CD spectra when binding to human serum albumin (HSA) (1, 2), beta-lactoglobuline (2) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) (3). Hence, functionalization of iron(II) clathrochelates with the carboxyalkylsulfide group appears to be a promising tool for the design of CD-probes sensitive to certain surface elements of proteins tertiary structure. Additionally, interaction of 1–3 with proteins was also studied by isothermal titration calorimetry, protein fluorescence quenching, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and computer simulations. Formation of both 1:1 and 1:2 assemblies of HSA with 1–3 was evidenced by ESI-MS. A protein fluorescence quenching study suggests that 3 binds with both BSA and HSA via the sites close to Trp residues. Molecular docking calculations indicate that for both BSA and HSA, binding of 3 to Site I and to an “additional site” is more favorable energetically than binding to Site II.
Keywords
iron(II) clathrochelatesglobular proteinsalbuminsCD reportersITCESI-TOF MSfluorescence quenching
Object type
Language
English [eng]
Persistent identifier
https://phaidra.univie.ac.at/o:1227630
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Title
Biomolecules
Volume
10
Issue
12
ISSN
2218-273X
Issued
2020
Publisher
MDPI AG
Date issued
2020
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