Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 128.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20120184

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Interaction of Copper(II) Ion with SALI3-2

TANG Yu-Lin1,3, GAO Zhan1,3, XU Hong2,3, HE Jian-Zhi2,3, DONG Yi-Han2,3, ZHENG Yi-Zhi1,3   

  1. 1. Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Microbial and Gene Engineering, Shenzhen 518060, China;
    2. The Key Laboratory for Marine Bioresource and Eco-environmental Science, Shenzhen 518060, China;
    3. College of Life Science, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • Received:2012-03-05 Published:2012-12-31

Abstract:

The effect of CuCl2 on the growth of the transgenic Arabidopsis carrying Sali3-2 gene was studied on 1/2 MS agar plates. The over-expression of Sali3-2 was elevated the tolerance of transgenic Arabidopsis seedling to Cu2+ stress. Sali3-2 gene was then cloned and the SALI3-2 protein deleted signal peptide was expressed and purified. SALI3-2 protein interaction with Cu2+ was further studied by immobilized metal ion affinity chromatography(IMAC). The results show that the protein can bind with Cu2+. The mechanism of Cu2+-SALI3-2 bonding was further analyzed by fuorescence spectrum and circular dichroism(CD) spectrum. Fluorescence analysis shows intrinsic fluorescence of SALI3-2 is quenched with the addition of Cu2+, which belongs to static fluorescence quenching. Relatively high affinity of SALI3-2 binding Cu2+is revealed with a constant of 8.89×106 and a number of binding sites of 1.6. The secondary structure of SALI3-2 is not changed obviously with the addition of Cu2+ as shown in CD spectra.These results suggest that SALI3-2 is a Cu2+-binding protein. It may function by altering its conformation through binding Cu2+ to trigger the regulation mechanism and elevate the tolerance of cells to Cu2+ stress. The research provides the direct insight into molecular mechanism of the role of SALI3-2 in plant tolerance to Cu2+stress.

Key words: Cu2+, SALI3-2 protein, Metal ion affinity chromatography, Fluorescence spectrum, Circular dichroism spectrum

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