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. 1997 Feb;72(2 Pt 1):850–857. doi: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78719-8

Disparate Fluorescence Properties of 2-[4′-(Iodoacetamido)anilino]-Naphthalene-6-Sulfonic Acid Attached to Cys-84 and Cys-35 of Troponin C in Cardiac Muscle Troponin

Wen-Ji Dong *, Chien-Kao Wang #, Albert M Gordon #, Herbert C Cheung *
PMCID: PMC1185608  PMID: 9017210

Abstract

Two monocysteine mutants of cardiac muscle troponin C, cTnC(C35S) and cTnC(C84S), were genetically generated and labeled with the fluorescent probe 2-[4′-(iodoacetamido)anilino]naphthalene-6-sulfonic acid (IAANS) at Cys-84 and Cys-35, respectively. Cys-84 is located on helix D in the regulatory N-domain, and Cys-35 is at the -y position of the inactive 12-residue loop of site I. These labeled mutants were studied by a variety of steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence methods. In the absence of divalent cation, the fluorescence of the attached IAANS indicated an exposed environment at Cys-35 and a relatively less-exposed environment at Cys-84. The binding of Ca2+ to the single regulatory site elicited a large enhancement of the emission of IAANS attached to Cys-84, but only marginal fluorescence changes of the probe at Cys-35. Upon reconstitution of the labeled cTnC mutants with troponin I and troponin T to form the three-subunit troponin, the fluorescence of IAANS-Cys-84 in apo-troponin was spectrally similar to that observed with the Ca2+-loaded uncomplexed cTnC mutant. Only very moderate changes in the fluorescence of IAANS-Cys-84 were observed when the regulatory site in reconstituted troponin was saturated. The exposed Cys-35 environment of the uncomplexed cTnC mutant became considerably less exposed and less polar when the mutant was incorporated into apo-troponin. In contrast to the Cys-84 site, saturation of the regulatory site II by Ca2+ in reconstituted troponin resulted in a reversal of the environment of the Cys-35 site toward a more exposed and more polar environment. These results indicated involvement of the inactive loop I in the Ca2+ trigger mechanism in cardiac muscle. The fluorescence of IAANS at both Cys-84 and Cys-35 was sensitive to phosphorylation of cTnI in reconstituted troponin, and the sensitivity was observed with both apo-troponin and Ca2+-loaded troponin.

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