Effects of ganglioside GM1 on the thermotropic behavior of cholera toxin B subunit (original) (raw)

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The B, or binding, subunit of cholera enterotoxin forms a pentameric ring structure in the intact toxin, and also when the subunit is isolated from the A subunit. The thermal denaturation of the B subunit ring was examined by differential scanning calorimetry in the presence and absence of ganglioside GM1, its natural ‘receptor’. In the absence of ganglioside an irreversible endotherm was observed with maximal excess apparent heat capacity, Cmax, at 74.6° C. When the ganglioside was added in increasing amounts, multiple transitions were observed at higher temperatures, the most prominent having a Cmax at 90.8° C. At high ganglioside concentrations, the 74.6° C transition was not observed. In addition to the thermodynamic results a model is proposed for the interaction of GM1 and B subunit pentamer. This model is derived independently of the calorimetric results (but is consistent with such data) and is based upon considerations of the geometry of the GM1 micelle-B subunit pentamer.

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Abbreviations

Mr:

molecular weight in daltons

GM1:

H3Neu-AcGgOse4Cer* = Galβl → 3Ga1NAcβ1 → 4Gal-[3 ←- 2αNeuAc]β1 → 4Glcβ1 → 1Cer (asterisked form follows the recommendations of the IUPACIUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature, Ref. 3)

R:

molar ratio of GM1 to B monomer

DSC:

differential scanning calorimetry

Cmax:

excess apparent heat capacity

Cmax:

maximal value of Cex

tm:

temperature (° C) at Cex = Cmax

Δt1/2:

peak width in °C at Cex = Cmax/2

ΔHcal:

calorimetric enthalpy

ΔC dp :

van't Hoff enthalpy

ΔC dp :

change in specific heat accompanying denaturation

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  1. Departments of Chemistry and Physiology, Yale University, 06511, New Haven, CT, USA
    Adam W. Dalziel, Gert Lipka, Babur Z. Chowdhry & Julian M. Sturtevant
  2. Veterans Administration Medical Center, 06516, West Haven, CT, USA
    David E. Schafer

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Dalziel, A.W., Lipka, G., Chowdhry, B.Z. et al. Effects of ganglioside GM1 on the thermotropic behavior of cholera toxin B subunit.Mol Cell Biochem 63, 83–91 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00230165

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