Structure-function relationships in interphotoreceptor retinoid-binding protein (IRBP)

Interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) binds hydrophobic ligands in the retina. The polypeptide consists of 1230 amino acids in four 300 amino acid long repeats. We asked whether each of the four repeats can bind one retinoid or fatty acid analog. Our rationale was to make protein varian...

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Published inMolecular vision Vol. 3; p. 17
Main Authors Lin, Z Y, Li, G R, Takizawa, N, Si, J S, Gross, E A, Richardson, K, Nickerson, J M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 30.12.1997
Subjects
Animals
Cells, Cultured
Circular Dichroism
Eye Proteins
Humans
Insecta
Mutagenesis
Palmitic Acids - metabolism
Point Mutation
Retinol-Binding Proteins - chemistry
Retinol-Binding Proteins - metabolism
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Structure-Activity Relationship
Vitamin A - metabolism
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Summary:Interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP) binds hydrophobic ligands in the retina. The polypeptide consists of 1230 amino acids in four 300 amino acid long repeats. We asked whether each of the four repeats can bind one retinoid or fatty acid analog. Our rationale was to make protein variants from the human cDNA bearing one or more of the repeats and examine binding capacities and dissociation constants. Proteins were characterized by SDS-PAGE, western blotting, N-terminal sequencing, and CD spectroscopy. Binding properties with all-trans-retinol and 16-anthryloxy-palmitic acid (16-AP) were characterized by ligand fluorescence enhancement and curve fitting. Binding capacities varied according to the length of each protein. Each repeat possesses the capability of binding retinol and 16-AP. The data contrast with the idea that two or more repeats are needed to bind one molecule of ligand. Each repeat binds a retinoid and fatty acid analog, suggesting that each has multiple ligand binding sites or one binding site with affinity for different ligands. Last, these data fit well with the current model of multiple binding sites in IRBP derived from quadruplication of an ancestral monomeric binding protein.
ISSN:1090-0535