title: Sterol carrier protein-2, a new fatty acyl coenzyme A-binding protein.
abstract: The ability of sterol carrier protein-2 (SCP-2) to interact with long chain fatty acyl-CoAs was examined. SCP-2 bound fluorescent fatty acyl-CoAs at a single site with high affinity. Kd values for cis- and trans-parinaroyl-CoA were 4.5 and 2.8 nM, respectively. Saturated 10-18-carbon and unsaturated 14-20-carbon fatty acyl-CoAs displaced SCP-2-bound fluorescent ligand. Oleoyl-CoA and oleic acid (but not coenzyme A) significantly altered SCP-2 Trp50 emission and anisotropy decay, thereby increasing SCP-2 rotational correlation time, SCP-2 hydrodynamic radius, and SCP-2 Trp50 remaining anisotropy up to 1.7-, 1.2-, and 1.3-fold, respectively. These changes were not accompanied by significant alterations in protein secondary structure as determined by circular dichroism. Finally, SCP-2 differentially altered the fluorescence emission and anisotropy decays of bound cis- and trans-parinaroyl-CoA. Both fluorescent fatty acyl-CoAs were located within a very ordered (limited cone angle of rotation) environment within SCP-2, as shown by a remaining anisotropy of 0.365 and 0.361 and a wobbling cone angle of 12 and 13 degrees , respectively. These anisotropy values were very close to those of such ligands in a propylene glass. However, the rotational relaxation times exhibited by SCP-2-bound cis- and trans-parinaroyl-CoA, 8.4-8.8 ns, were longer than those for the corresponding free fatty acid, 7.5-6.6 ns. These data show for the first time that SCP-2 is a fatty acyl-CoA-binding protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A & M University, TVMC, College Station, Texas 77843-4466, USA. fschroeder@vetmed.tamu.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frolov
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Billheimer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schroeder
mesh_terms: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013261:Sterols / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000214:Acyl Coenzyme A; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010940:Plant Proteins; D013261:Sterols; C072087:sterol carrier proteins