Abstract：
:The self-association reaction in which four melittin molecules associate to form an aqueously soluble tetramer was studied by fluorescent spectroscopy. At 23 degrees C, pH 7.15, gamma/2 0.50, the dissociation constant, Kd, is 3.20 x 10(-16) M3. At 23 degrees C, gamma/2 0.60, melittin has an amino acyl group with a proton ionization constant at ca. 10(-6) M, which must be un-ionized for tetramer formation to occur. The change in Kd with temperature indicates the forward reaction (tetramer formation) proceeds primarily by entropic changes, with delta H degrees = -20.3 kJ/mol of monomer and delta S degrees = 211 J/(K . mol of monomer). The observed enthalpic and entropic values for the tetramerization reaction are consistent with the expected contributions of both nascent hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic stabilization to the reaction. The ionic strength dependence of the tetramerization reaction was found to be consistent with an Edsall-Wyman treatment of activity coefficients. Specifically, the calculated charge of melittin varied from 2.5 (pH 10.53, gamma/2 less than 0.08) to ca. 6 (pH 7.15, gamma/2 greater than 0.3) and showed a strong dependence on gamma/2.
journal_name
Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Quay SC,Condie CCdoi
10.1021/bi00272a026subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1983-02-01 00:00:00pages
695-700issue
3eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
22pub_type
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