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. 1984 May 15;220(1):315–320. doi: 10.1042/bj2200315

Investigation of cation-binding properties of cardiac troponin C peptides by circular-dichroism spectroscopy.

N B Gusev, N V Barskaya
PMCID: PMC1153625  PMID: 6743268

Abstract

Bovine cardiac troponin C was cleaved at residues cysteine-35 and cysteine-84. Three peptides, N-terminal (residues 1-34), central (residues 35-83) and C-terminal (residues 84-161), of cardiac troponin C were obtained in a homogeneous state. Saturation of troponin C or its C-terminal peptide with Ca2+ or Mg2+ is accompanied by an increase in the ellipticity at 222 nm in the c.d. spectrum. The half-maximal changes in the ellipticity of troponin C were observed at 32 nM-Ca2+ or 56 microM-Mg2+. The corresponding values for the C-terminal peptide are 7.1 nM for Ca2+ and 4.5 microM for Mg2+. The ellipticity of the central peptide (residues 35-83) containing the second cation-binding site was decreased on saturation with Ca2+. The half-maximal changes in the ellipticity occur at 80 microM-Ca2+. Study of the c.d. spectra suggests that the alpha-helices flanking the second cation-binding site of cardiac troponin C exist independently of Ca2+. Saturation of the third and fourth sites with these cations is associated with a considerable increase in the alpha-helix content, probably due to the formation of an alpha-helix flanking the third site on the N-terminus.

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