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. 1990 Jun 15;268(3):611–613. doi: 10.1042/bj2680611

Dissociative binding of alpha- and beta-sulphoxides of biotinylamidoethyl-3-(4-hydroxy-3-[125I]iodophenyl)propionamide to avidin.

R K Garlick 1, R W Giese 1
PMCID: PMC1131482  PMID: 2363699

Abstract

Previously we reported the dissociative binding of biotinylamidoethyl-3-(4-hydroxy-3-[125I]iodophenyl)propionamide to avidin [Garlick & Giese (1988) J. Biol. Chem. 263, 210-215]. In the present paper we report the corresponding binding of the alpha- and beta-sulphoxides of this parent compound to avidin. The 1:1 complex (obtained with avidin in excess) of the alpha-sulphoxide derivative with avidin has a dissociation half-life (t1/2) of 25 days, only 1.6 times as fast as the parent compound (t1/2 41 days). However, the corresponding beta-sulphoxide dissociates 446 times faster (t1/2 0.092 day) than the parent compound, this apparently being due to a steric effect. The alpha-sulphoxide is attractive as a tracer reagent to facilitate studies and applications of the avidin-biotin system.

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