title: Interactions of troponin subunits: free energy of binary and ternary complexes.
abstract: We have determined the free energy of formation of the binary complexes formed between skeletal troponin C and troponin T (TnC.TnT) and between troponin T and troponin I (TnT.TnI). This was accomplished by using TnC fluorescently modified at Cys-98 with N-(iodoacetyl)-N'-(5-sulfo-1-naphthyl)ethylenediamine for the first complex and TnI labeled at Cys-133 with the same probe for the other complex. The free energy of the ternary complex formed between troponin C and the binary complex TnT.TnI [TnC.(TnT.TnI)] was also measured by monitoring the emission of 5-(iodoacetamido)eosin attached to Cys-133 of the troponin I in TnT.TnI. The free energies were -9.0 kcal.mol-1 for TnC.TnT, -9.2 kcal.mol-1 for TnT.TnI, and -8.7 kcal.mol-1 for TnC.(TnT.TnI). In the presence of Mg2+ the free energies of TnC.TnT and TnC.(TnT.TnI) were -10.3 and -10.9 kcal.mol-1, respectively; in the presence of Ca2+ the corresponding free energies were -10.6 and -13.5 kcal.mol-1. Mg2+ and Ca2+ had negligible effect on the free energy of TnT.TnI. From these results the free energies of the formation of troponin from the three subunits were found to be -16.8 kcal.mol-1, -18.9 kcal.mol-1, and -21.6 kcal.mol-1 in the presence of EGTA, Mg2+, and Ca2+, respectively. Most of the free energy decrease caused by Ca2+ binding to the Ca2+-specific sites is derived from stabilization of the TnI-TnC linkage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors: Department of Biochemistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35924.
authors: H C
authors: HC
authors: Cheung
authors: C K
authors: CK
authors: Wang
authors: N A
authors: NA
authors: Malik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007700:Kinetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates; D011817:Rabbits; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014336:Troponin / Q000378:metabolism*; D019209:Troponin C
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009282:Naphthalenesulfonates; D014336:Troponin; D019209:Troponin C; C006421:1,5-I-AEDANS