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Cinética y termodinámica del cobre (II) que se une a la apoazurina

Cheryl A Blasie¹, Jeremy M Berg

¹Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.

Journal of the American Chemical Society

|June 5, 2003

Resumen

La unión del cobre (II) a la apoazurina implica un proceso de dos pasos. Una reacción exotérmica inicial forma un intermedio, seguido de una conversión endotérmica al cobre (II) - azurina, impulsada por la liberación de agua.

Área de la Ciencia:

La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Química biofísica y bioquímica.

Sus antecedentes:

La apoazurina es la forma libre de cobre de la proteína azul de cobre azurina.
Comprender la unión de iones metálicos es crucial para la función de las proteínas y el ensamblaje de las metaloproteínas.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para investigar los mecanismos termodinámicos y cinéticos del cobre (II) que se une a la apoazurina.
Para aclarar las etapas intermedias en la formación de metaloproteínas.

Principales métodos:

Se empleó calorimetría de titulación isotérmica (ITC) para estudiar las interacciones cobre-apoazurina.
Se utilizó el modelado cinético para analizar los datos calorimétricos.

Principales resultados:

El proceso de unión exhibió una fase exotérmica inicial seguida de una fase endotérmica.
Una reacción exotérmica bimolecular formó un intermedio (ΔH° = -19 ± 3 kcal/mol, k = 2 ± 1 x 103 M−1s−1).
El intermediario convertido en Cu(II) - azurina a través de un proceso endotérmico (ΔH° = +9 ± 3 kcal/mol, k = 0,024 ± 0,01 s−1).

Conclusiones:

La unión del cobre (II) a la apoazurina se produce a través de una formación intermedia irreversible.
La conversión final a Cu(II) -azurina es impulsada por la liberación de agua.
La unión general es termodinámicamente favorable con un cambio de energía libre de -18.8 kcal/mol.

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