title: Fluorescence titration and fluorescence stopped-flow studies of skeletal muscle troponin-nonpolymerizable tropomyosin complex.
abstract: The midpoint pCa value of the fluorescence titration curve of the complex of 2-[4'-iodoacetamido)anilino)-naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid-labeled troponin (IAANS-Tn) and nonpolymerizable tropomyosin (NPTm) was much larger than that for the complex of Tn containing dansylaziridine-labeled troponin C (DANZ-TnC) and NPTm. The midpoint was pCa 8.25 for the former protein and 6.80 for the latter protein in 0.1 M KCl, 50 mM Na-cacodylate-HCl (pH 7.0); and pCa 7.90 for the former protein and 6.70 for the latter protein in the presence of 3 mM MgCl2 in the same solvent system. The time course of the fluorescence intensity change of the protein complex subsequent to rapid decrease of free Ca2+ concentration of the solution was measured with a stopped-flow spectrophotometer: The process was exponential and its rate constant was 9.9 s-1 for IAANS-Tn-NPTm at pCa 8.95 and 26.6 s-1 for Tn(DANZ-TnC)-NPTm at pCa 8.99 in the absence of MgCl2 in the same solvent system as in the fluorescence titration experiment. IAANS binds to Cys-133 of TnI and DANZ to Met-25 in the low affinity Ca2+-binding sites of TnC. These results suggest that IAANS bound to Cys-133 of TnI does not directly detect the Ca2+-binding to the low affinity Ca2+-binding site of TnC, but does detect the conformational change of the Tn-NPTm complex induced by the Ca2+-binding.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Nagoya University, Aichi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iio
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D014335:Tropomyosin / Q000032:analysis*; D014336:Troponin / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D014335:Tropomyosin; D014336:Troponin