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 2His 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. © 2011 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)412-414
    Number of pages2
    JournalChemical Communications
    Volume47
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 Jan 2011

    Keywords

    • mass-spectrometry

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