NANOPARTICLE-BASED FRET PAIR SELECTION FOR INVESTIGATION OF METALLOTHIONEIN DIMERIZATION

1 PAVELICOVA Kristyna
Co-authors:
1,2 VANICKOVA Lucie 1 VLCNOVSKA Marcela 1,2 VACULOVICOVA Marketa
Institutions:
1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic, E-mail: k.pavelicova @seznam.cz
2 Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Purkynova 123, CZ-612 00 Brno, Czech Republic
Conference:
11th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, October 16th - 18th 2019
Proceedings:
Proceedings 11th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
Pages:
406-410
ISBN:
978-80-87294-95-6
ISSN:
2694-930X
Published:
1st April 2020
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

Metalloproteins (MTs) are one of the most diverse classes of proteins, with the intrinsic metal atoms providing a catalytic, regulatory and structural role crucial to protein functioning. When stored under aerobic conditions, MTs might form dimers (as well as higher oligomers) that play an essential role as mediators in oxidoreduction signalling pathways. In this work, we explore the non-oxidative dimerization process characterized by metal (Cd) bridging of MT monomers by Förster resonance energy transfer. The formation of MT dimers/oligomers was investigated by applying capillary electrophoresis and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with mass spectrometric detection.

Keywords: Metallothionein, dimerization, capillary electrophoresis, Förster resonance energy transfer

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