title: Proteo-dendrimers designed for complementary recognition of cytochrome c: dendrimer architecture toward nanoscale protein complexation.
abstract: "Proteo-dendrimers" in which polyanionic hepta(glutamic acids), fluorescent zinc porphyrinate cores, hydrophilic polyether surfaces, and nonpeptide hydrophobic dendrons are combined, were developed as a new series of synthetic receptors for protein recognition. They have polyanionic "patch" structures on their surfaces and undergo complementary electrostatic interactions with a positively charged cytochrome c patch, as observed in biological protein-protein recognition systems. Stability constants of the resulting supramolecular complexes were determined in phosphate buffer (pH 7) by monitoring the fluorescence quenching of the zinc porphyrinates. These proteo-dendrimer receptors exhibited higher affinities with cytochrome c proteins in aqueous solutions than with biological cytochrome b5. Furthermore, they effectively blocked complexation of biological cytochrome b5 with cytochrome c, indicating that the proteo-dendrimers and cytochrome b5 similarly occupy the polycationic patch of cytochrome c.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Dharam
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shinoda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsukube
mesh_terms: D015786:Cytochromes b5 / Q000737:chemistry; D045304:Cytochromes c / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D045304:Cytochromes c; D015786:Cytochromes b5