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</script>doi: 10.1139/o78-080
pmid: 667698
Fragments derived from rabbit skeletal troponin T (Tn-T) were tested for binding on a troponin C (Tn-C) – Sepharose affinity column in order to locate the binding site of Tn-C on Tn-T. The COOH-terminal fragments P2 (residues 159–209) and B2 (residues 206–258) were found to bind most strongly, confirming the earlier proposal (Pearlstone, J. R., Carpenter, M. R., Johnson, P. &Smillie, L. B. (1976) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73, 1902–1906) that the highly basic COOH-terminal region of Tn-T may serve as a site of interaction for the acidic Tn-C protein. Results from circular dichroism experiments on the large fragments B1 (residues 1–205), B2, P1 (residues 91–154), and P2 indicated that most of the α-helical structure resides in CB2 (residues 71–151), the tropomyosin (Tm) binding site of Tn-T, while the remainder of the molecule including the Tn-C binding region (approximately residues 159–259) contains very little in the way of α and β structure. These results are in agreement with the secondary structural studies made previously (Pearlstone, J. R. &Smillie, L. B. (1977) Can. J. Biochem. 55, 1032–1038). The presence of calcium resulted in a stronger interaction between these fragments and Tn-C, illustrating the calcium-sensitive nature of this system. The addition of magnesium ions to the buffer system did not affect this binding.
Protein Conformation, Animals, Muscle Proteins, Calcium, Amino Acid Sequence, Rabbits, Peptide Fragments, Troponin, Protein Binding
Protein Conformation, Animals, Muscle Proteins, Calcium, Amino Acid Sequence, Rabbits, Peptide Fragments, Troponin, Protein Binding
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