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The binding of porphyrins by ligandin
Abstract:
Spectrophotometric and equilibrium-dialysis measurements show that ligandin (glutathione S-transferase B, EC 2.5.1.18) binds monomeric porphyrins at a single site with association constants in the range 10(4)-10(6) litre/mol at pH 7.0. Binding affinities are paralleled by the tendencies of the porphyrins to aggregate, increasing in the order: uroporphyrins I and III less than coproporphyrins I and III approximately haematoporphyrin less than protoporphyrin IX. From this it is deduced that the hydrophobic effect is the predominant driving-force for binding. The porphyrins can be displaced from their binding site on ligandin by bromosulphophthalein and oestrone sulphate. In enzyme inhibition studies, 50% inhibition was brought about by 8 micron-haematoporphyrin and by 1 micron-protoporphyrin IX. In the analysis of the haemotoporphyrin-ligandin system the self-association of haematoporphyrin was studied in detail. It was found to be limited to dimerization in the concentration range 0-200 micron at pH 7.0, 25 degrees C and a dimerization constant of 1.9 x 10(5) litre/mol was determined. Coproporphrin III has a dimerization constant of 5.2 x 10(5) litre/mol under the same conditions.
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