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Characterisation of zinc-binding domains of peroxisomal RING finger proteins using size exclusion chromatography/inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

  • Gunda Koellensperger , Simon Daubert , Ralf Erdmann , Stephan Hann and Hanspeter Rottensteiner
Published/Copyright: November 2, 2007
Biological Chemistry
From the journal Volume 388 Issue 11

Abstract

We determined the zinc binding stoichiometry of peroxisomal RING finger proteins by measuring sulfur/metal ratios using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry coupled to size exclusion chromatography, a strategy that provides a fast and quantitative overview on the binding of metals in proteins. As a quality control, liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-time of flight-mass spectrometry was used to measure the molar masses of the intact proteins. The RING fingers of Pex2p, Pex10p, and Pex12p showed a stoichiometry of 2.0, 2.1, and 1.2 mol zinc/mol protein, respectively. Thus, Pex2p and Pex10p possess a typical RING domain with two coordinated zinc atoms, whereas that of Pex12p coordinates only a single zinc atom.


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Received: 2007-3-15
Accepted: 2007-6-20
Published Online: 2007-11-02
Published in Print: 2007-11-01

©2007 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin New York

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