title: The self-association of protein SV-IV and its possible functional implications.
abstract: The protein SV-IV, a major protein secreted from the rat seminal vesicle epithelium, is a basic protein with immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, and procoagulant activity. Predictions suggested that this protein is very flexible, with its three tyrosyl residues presumably located in water-exposed segments of the primary structure. The solution behaviour of the protein was investigated by two types of spectroscopic techniques. Modifications of the spectral characteristics of tyrosyl residues induced by changes of protein concentration were demonstrated by absorption and fluorescence experiments. In addition, secondary structure rearrangements associated with a possible self-association equilibrium were highlighted by far-UV CD spectra. The equilibrium, confirmed by chromatographic techniques, appears to control some biological properties of the protein.
authors.affiliation: Departimento di Biochimica e Biofisica, Centro di Recerca Interdipartimentale di Scienze Computazionali e Biotecnologiche, Seconda Universitá di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stiuso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Metafora
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Facchiano
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Colonna
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ragone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012669:Seminal Vesicles / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins