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Hormone affinity and fibril formation of piscine transthyretin: The role of the N-terminal
Umeå University, Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry.
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2008 (English)In: Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, ISSN 0303-7207, E-ISSN 1872-8057, Vol. 295, no 1-2, p. 48-58Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Transthyretin (TTR) transports thyroid hormones (THs), thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) in the blood of vertebrates. TH-binding sites are highly conserved in vertebrate TTR, however, piscine TTR has a longer N-terminus which is thought to influence TH-binding affinity and may influence TTR stability. We produced recombinant wild type sea bream TTR (sbTTRWT) plus two mutants in which 6 (sbTTRM6) and 12 (sbTTRM12) N-terminal residues were removed. Ligand-binding studies revealed similar affinities for T3 (Kd=10.6+/-1.7nM) and T4 (Kd=9.8+/-0.97nM) binding to sbTTRWT. Affinity for THs was unaltered in sbTTRM12 but sbTTRM6 had poorer affinity for T4 (Kd=252.3+/-15.8nM) implying that some residues in the N-terminus can influence T4 binding. sbTTRM6 inhibited acid-mediated fibril formation in vitro as shown by fluorometric measurements using thioflavine T. In contrast, fibril formation by sbTTRM12 was significant, probably due to decreased stability of the tetramer. Such studies also suggested that sbTTRWT is more resistant to fibril formation than human TTR.

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Elsevier Ireland Ltd , 2008. Vol. 295, no 1-2, p. 48-58
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-18746DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.06.010PubMedID: 18620020Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-54949157374OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-18746DiVA, id: diva2:174687
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