title: Static and kinetic studies on carp muscle parvalbumins.
abstract: Fluorescence titration and fluorescence stopped-flow studies were performed on carp muscle parvalbumin components 1, 2, 3, and 5 (the latter three components were modified with a SH-directed fluorescent reagent, dansyl-L-cysteine). Apparent binding constants (Kapp) of Ca2+ to these components decrease in the order of component 2 (Kapp = 2.8 +/- 0.9 X 10(8) M-1) greater than component 1 (Kapp = 1.25 +/- 0.25 X 10(8) M-1) greater than component 3 = component 5 (Kapp = 4.0 +/- 0.5 X 10(7) M-1) in 30 mM KCl, 50 mM Na-cacodylate-HCl, pH 7.0 at 20 degrees C. The rate constant of the conformational change of parvalbumin induced by Ca2+ binding or removal decreases in the order of component 2 greater than component 1 greater than component 5 greater than or equal to component 3; that is, component 2 undergoes the fastest conformational change and component 3 the slowest in response to the rapid free Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]) change in the protein solution. The fluorescence titration curves and [Ca2+]-dependences of the rate constants are analyzed by a simple two-state model, (partially unfolded state) k1 in equilibrium k2 (folded state). It is shown that the equilibrium constant K = k1/k2 depends on the second power of [Ca2+], the rate constant k1 on the first power of [Ca2+] and k2 on the inverse first power of [Ca2+], respectively.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002347:Carps; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins; D010320:Parvalbumins; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D002118:Calcium