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Circulatory zinc transport is controlled by distinct interdomain sites on mammalian albumins
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Handing, Katarzyna B., Shabalin, Ivan G., Kassaar, Omar, Khazaipoul, Siavash, Blindauer, Claudia A., Stewart, Alan, Chruszch, Maksymilian and Minor, Wladek (2016) Circulatory zinc transport is controlled by distinct interdomain sites on mammalian albumins. Chemical Science, 2016 (7). pp. 6635-6648. doi:10.1039/C6SC02267G ISSN 2041-6520.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6SC02267G
Abstract
Zinc is an essential nutrient in the body; it is required for the catalytic activity of many hundreds of human enzymes and virtually all biological processes, therefore its homeostasis and trafficking is of crucial interest. Serum albumin is the major carrier of Zn2+ in the blood and is required for its systemic distribution. Here we present the first crystal structures of human serum albumin (HSA) and equine serum albumin (ESA) in complex with Zn2+ . The structures allow unambiguous identification of the major zinc binding site on these two albumins, as well as several further, weaker zinc binding sites. The major site in both HSA and ESA has tetrahedral geometry and comprises three protein ligands from the sidechains of His67, His247 and Asp249 and a water molecule. Isothermal titration calorimetric studies of a HSA H67A mutant confirm this to be the highest affinity Zn2+ site. Furthermore, analysis of Zn2+ binding to HSA and ESA proved the presence of secondary sites with 20-50-fold weaker affinities, which may become of importance under particular physiological conditions. Both calorimetry and crystallography suggest that ESA possesses an additional site compared to HSA, involving Glu153, His157 and His288. The His157 residue is replaced by Phe in HSA, incapable of metal coordination. Collectively, these findings are critical to our understanding of the role serum albumin plays in circulatory Zn2+ handling and cellular delivery.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology | ||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Serum albumin, Homeostasis, Cells , Zinc | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Chemical Science | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 2041-6520 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 1 November 2016 | ||||||||||
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Volume: | 2016 | ||||||||||
Number: | 7 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 6635-6648 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1039/C6SC02267G | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 25 August 2016 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 25 August 2016 | ||||||||||
Funder: | United States. Department of Energy, Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), Michigan Technology Tri-Corridor (TTC), National Institute for Health Research (Great Britain) (NIHR), Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), British Heart Foundation | ||||||||||
Grant number: | Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357, Grant 085P1000817 (MEDC) (TTC), Grants 5U54GM094662-05 and R01GM05 3163 (NIHR), Grant BB/J006467/1 (BBSRC), Grant PG/15/9/31270 (British Heart Foundation) |
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