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2016-08-05
[Abstract] Heavy metals can cause damage to biomolecules such as proteins and DNA in multiple ways. Cells therefore strive for keeping intracellular (heavy) metal ions bound to specific proteins that are capable of handling detoxification, export or integration as cofactors. Metal binding proteins usually provide specific coordination sites that bind certain ions with ultrahigh affinity, with the thermodynamic driving force being the stability of organometallic complexes. However, the metal binding properties of these proteins can be highly variable. Therefore the transfer of specific ions between separate proteins or even between distinct binding sites located on one and the same protein does not always follow affinity gradients, but depends on particular protein interactions that are difficult to ...
[摘要] 重金属可以以多种方式对生物分子例如蛋白质和DNA造成损害。因此，细胞努力保持细胞内（重）金属离子结合到能够处理解毒，输出或整合作为辅因子的特定蛋白质。金属结合蛋白通常提供结合某些离子的特异性配位位点，具有超高的亲和力，热力学驱动力是有机金属配合物的稳定性。然而，这些蛋白质的金属结合性质可以是高度可变的。因此，在分开的蛋白质之间或甚至在位于同一蛋白质上的不同结合位点之间的特异性离子的转移不总是遵循亲和梯度，而是取决于难以预测的特定蛋白质相互作用。我们建立了一种适合探测两种蛋白质之间的金属转移的方法，只要这些蛋白质可以进行纯化和体外处理。它由金属负载，共孵育和金属交换蛋白的分离，随后确定结合金属含量。该方法通过我们探测膜 - 外在金属结合结构域MBD2和来自大肠杆菌的铜输出ATP酶的跨膜结构域的膜 - 外部金属结合结构域MBD2之间的铜（I）转移的实验数据来举例说明（Drees < em=""> 。，2015）。
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