title: Binding characteristics of a major thyroid hormone metabolite, 3,3',5'-triiodo-L-thyronine, to bovine serum albumin as measured by fluorescence.
abstract: The interaction between a major thyroid hormone metabolite, 3,3',5'-triiodo-L-thyronine and bovine serum albumin was investigated by fluorescence measurements. The apparent binding constants were obtained at various pHs assuming the equivalence and independence of the interaction sites on the protein from the fluorescence titration curves. The maximum binding was attained at pH 8.0, and the apparent binding constant was (5.28 +/- 0.13).10(5) M-1 with one binding site per albumin molecule. Thermodynamic parameters were also determined from the van't Hoff plot of the apparent binding constants at pH 7.5. The free energy change, enthalpy change and entropy change were -7.70 +/- 0.09 kcal.mol-1, -4.59 kcal.mol-1 and 10.2 e.u., respectively.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kinki University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tahira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000032:analysis*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013696:Temperature; D014284:Triiodothyronine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D014284:Triiodothyronine; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine