Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 1998, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (7): 1057.

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Spectroscopic Studies on the Binding of Lanthanides to Apoovotransferrin

YANG Bin-Sheng1, Wesley R. Harris2   

  1. 1. Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006;
    2. Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri St Louis, St Louis, MO63121, USA
  • Received:1997-12-25 Online:1998-07-24 Published:1998-07-24

Abstract: The binding of Eu3+to chicken egg apoovotransferrin has been studied by monitoring the change of differential UVspectra at 245 nm. Conditional equilibrium constants for the complexation of Eu3+with chicken egg apoovotransferrin in 0.1 mol/Lhepes, pH7.4, at 25 ℃ have been measured. The results are lgK1=8.21±0.20 and lgK2=4.60±0.11 for complexation of Eu3+. The molar absorptivity per binding site for Eu3+is (2.1±0.1)×104cm-1·L·mol-1. The titration of N-terminal monoferric ovotransferrin with Eu3+(differential UVspectra) and Tb3+(fluorescence) indicate that the binding of lanthanide ions at N-terminal binding site is stronger than that at C-terminal binding site.

Key words: Ovotransferrin, Lanthanide ions, Spectra

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