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标题：Segmental dynamics of the cytoplasmic domain of erythrocyte band 3 determined by time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy: sensitivity to pH and ligand binding.
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作者：B J Thevenin ; N Periasamy ; S B Shohet 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1994
卷号：91
期号：5
页码：1741-1745
DOI：10.1073/pnas.91.5.1741
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Interactions between the erythrocyte membrane and its skeleton are mediated primarily by binding of cytoskeletal components to a conformationally sensitive structure, the cytoplasmic domain of band 3 (cdb3). To examine the nanosecond segmental motions of cdb3, band 3 was labeled selectively by fluorescein maleimide at Cys-201 near the proposed hinge in cdb3 about which pH-dependent conformational changes occur. Time-resolved anisotropy of labeled cdb3 in isolated form and in stripped erythrocyte membranes was measured by parallel-acquisition frequency-domain microfluorimetry. Samples had a single-component fluorescein lifetime of approximately 4 ns. Multifrequency phase and modulation data (5-200 MHz) fitted well to a segmental motion model containing two correlation times (tau 1c and tau 2c) and two limiting anisotropies (r1infinity and r2infinity). Measurements in protease-cleaved and denatured samples indicated that tau 1c (100-150 ps) corresponded to rapid rotation of bound fluorescein and tau 2c (2-5 ns) corresponded to segmental motion of cdb3. Both motions were hindered as quantified by nonzero r1infinity and r2infinity. The strong pH dependence of segmental motion correlated with that of cdb3 conformation measured by intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. Significant changes in cdb3 segmental motion occurred upon interactions with the small ligands 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate and calcium and several glycolytic enzymes known to bind to the N terminus of band 3. These time-resolved fluorescence measurements of the nanosecond segmental dynamics of a labeled membrane protein provide evidence for the sensitivity of cdb3 conformation to ligand binding and suggest long-range structural communication through cdb3.