Metal binding to a zinc-finger peptide: a comparison between solution and the gas phase

Yana Berezovskaya, Craig T. Armstrong, Aimee L. Boyle, Massimiliano Porrini, Derek N. Woolfson, Perdita E. Barran

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Abstract

Solution-phase spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are used to probe interactions between divalent metal ions and a synthetic Cys(2)His(2) zinc-finger peptide (vCP1). Both methods provide the same order of binding affinity, zinc >= cobalt >> copper >> calcium. Collision-cross-section measurements show that both apo and holo forms are compact. This is corroborated by molecular-dynamics simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)412-414
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume47
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011

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