Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (8): 1346.

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Influence of Rare Earth Irons on the Molecular Recognition Between Calmodulin and Monoclonal Antibody

LI Wei-Guo1, QI Chao1,2, DU Li2, LIU Li-Yan1, ZHAO Da-Qing1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Chemistry and Physics, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China;
    2. Department of Biochemistry, Quartermaster University of PLA, Changchun 130062, China
  • Received:2002-09-19 Online:2003-08-24 Published:2003-08-24

Abstract: The molecular recognitions between monoclonal antibody 2C3 and calmodulin saturated with different metaLIons(La3+, Eu3+, Yb3+and Ca2+) were investigated by the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay(ELISA) and labeled fluorescence spectroscopy.The results indicate that after binding with different metaLIons, the calmodulin undergoes different conformational changes, which have a significant effect on its recognition ability to a metaLIon induced conformation-specific monoclonal antibody.The dissociation constants between the antibody and the calmodulin saturated with La3+, Eu3+, Yb3+are (26.8±2.5), (21.8±3.4) and (64.8±5.1) nmol/L, respectively, while the dissociation constants between the antibody and Ca2+-CaMor apoCaMare (157±4.2) and (177.2±2.8) nmol/L, respectively.This result indicates lanthanide-induced conformational changes of calmodulin are not similar with that induced by calcium, which maybe account for the facts that lanthanide and calcium ions lead to different effects on the regulating function of calmodulin in biological systems.

Key words: Rare earth ion, Calmodulin protein, Monoclonal antibody, Molecular recognition

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