BINDING OF COPPER AND ZINC IONS TO POLYPEPTIDES CONTAINING GLUTAMIC-ACID AND TYROSINE RESIDUES

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BERE, A [1 ]
HELENE, C [1 ]
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[1] MUSEUM NATL HIST NAT, BIOPHYS LAB, F-75231 PARIS 05, FRANCE
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10.1016/0141-8130(79)90018-7
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The binding of Cu++ and Zn++ ions to three polypeptides containing Glu and Tyr residues, (Glu Tyr Glu)n, (Glu-Glu-Tyr-Glu)n and (Glu-Tyr-Tyr-Glu)n has been investigated by absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence and circular dichroism. Difference absorption spectra show that Zn+- slightly perturbs the absorption spectrum of the tyrosyl residue whereas Cu++ binding is accompanied by the appearance of a strong absorption band around 245 nm. The fluorescence of the tyrosyl residue is enhanced by Zn++ ions while it is quenched by Cu++ ions. Cation binding induces a conformational change of the polypeptides from a random coil to an α-helix, Mg++ ions do not elicit any of these phenomena. © 1979.
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