Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12): 2394.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150367

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Molecular Interactions of 1-Hydroxypyrene with Catalase Revealed by Spectroscopic Methods Combined with Molecular Docking

CHEN Linfeng1, ZHANG Jing1, ZHU Yaxian2, ZHANG Yong1,3,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences of China(Xiamen University),College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
    2. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
    3. Department of Food and Biological Engineering, Zhangzhou Institute of Technology, Zhangzhou 363000, China
  • Received:2015-05-08 Online:2015-12-10 Published:2015-10-09
  • Contact: ZHANG Yong E-mail:yzhang@xmu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21075102, 21177102) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(No.2013121052)

Abstract:

The interactions between 1-hydroxypyrene(1-OHP) and catalase(CAT) were investigated by fluorescence, UV visible absorption(UV-Vis) spectra and molecular docking methods in aqueous solutions. The experimental results showed that the intrinsic fluorescence of CAT was quenched by the addition of 1-OHP through a static quenching mechanism. 1-OHP can bind with CAT to form 1:1 complex, with a binding constant of 2.96×105 L/mol at 290 K. The result of thermodynamic analysis indicated that hydrogen bonds and van der Waals’ force were the dominant intermolecular forces in stabilizing the complex. Based on the Förster’s non-radiation energy transfer theory, the binding distance between 1-OHP and CAT was determined to be 3.48 nm. The synchronous fluorescence and UV-Vis absorption spectral results showed that the formation of 1-OHP-CAT complex can induce some conformation changes of CAT. And in the presence of high concentrations of 1-OHP, the CAT activity can be inhibited obviously. Molecular docking was further employed to seek the optimum binding site of 1-OHP in CAT, and get the detailed binding information, which is identical to the experiment results. This work contributes to understand the interaction mechanism between 1-OHP and CAT at the molecular level, and provides important insights to study the toxicity mechanism of PAHs and their metabolites on antioxidant enzyme system in organisms.

Key words: 1-Hydroxypyrene, Catalase, Spectroscopic method, Molecular docking, Conformation change

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