Lanthanide-binding properties of rat oncomodulin.
Oncomodulin, the parvalbumin-like calcium-binding protein frequently expressed in tumor tissue, was isolated from Morris hepatoma 5123tc and studied using the luminescent lanthanide ions, Eu3+ and Tb3+. Titrations of the apoprotein - whether monitored by indirect excitation of bound Tb3+, by direct laser excitation of bound Eu3+, or by quenching of the intrinsic tyrosine fluorescence - all indicated the presence of two high-affinity binding sites for lanthanide ions, as in parvalbumin. Moreover, the appearance of the Eu3+ 7F0----5D0 excitation spectrum of Eu2-oncomodulin was found to be highly pH-dependent, as previously observed with parvalbumin. At pH 5.0, it consists of a single peak centered at 5796 A, having a linewidth of approximately 6 A. At higher pH values, this spectrum is replaced by a broader, more symmetric peak at 5782 A. Oncomodulin, however, was found to differ from parvalbumin in at least one important respect: In contrast to the muscle-associated protein, the affinities of the CD site in oncomodulation for Tb3+ and Ca2+ were found to be rather similar, with KCa/KTb approximately equal to 11 +/- 2.[1]References
- Lanthanide-binding properties of rat oncomodulin. Henzl, M.T., Hapak, R.C., Birnbaum, E.R. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (1986) [Pubmed]
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