title: On the mechanism of cholesterol interaction with apolipoproteins A-I and E.
abstract: It is shown that cholesterol may interact with some substances containing the guanidine group (guanidine itself, arginine, metformin and dodecylguanidine bromide) and with arginine-rich proteins--apoproteins A-I and E. In the latter case the interaction produces the formation of cholesterol-apoprotein complexes. Analysis of such complexes has shown that one apo A-I molecule binds 17-22 and one apo E molecule binds 30-35 sterol molecules, which approximately corresponds to the amount of arginine residues in these proteins. Formation of cholesterol-apoprotein complexes has been suggested to occur due to: (1) formation of hydrogen bond and/or ion-dipole interaction between cholesterol hydroxyl and guanidine groups of the apoprotein arginine residues and (2) hydrophobic interaction of the cholesterol aliphatic chain with nonpolar side chains of the amino acids occupying the third position from arginine in the protein molecule.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, St. Petersburg.
authors: A N
authors: AN
authors: Klimov
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: Kozhevnikova
authors: N N
authors: NN
authors: Klueva
authors: E V
authors: EV
authors: Belova
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000097:blood* / Q000737:chemistry; D001120:Arginine / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000097:blood; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009904:Optical Rotation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011817:Rabbits; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D001120:Arginine; D002784:Cholesterol