Determination of affinities for lck SH2 binding peptides using a sensitive fluorescence assay: comparison between the pYEEIP and pYQPQP consensus sequences reveals context-dependent binding specificity

Biochemistry
R C Cousins-WastiC A Grygon

Abstract

The development of a sensitive fluorescence binding assay for evaluating the binding of phosphotyrosyl (pY) peptides to the recombinant SH2 domain of lck in solution is described. Several fluorescent peptides containing the consensus sequence of the viral hamster polyoma middle T antigen (pYEEI) were characterized. The peptides contained either the acetamido-anilino-naphthyl sulfonic acid (AANS), acrylodan, or dansyl groups as fluorophores. The spectral features of these probes were characterized in the presence and absence of the lck SH2 domain. The binding affinities (Kd) for the fluorescent peptides studied ranged from 40 to 500 nM. The fluorescent peptide containing the sequence FTATEC(AANS)QpYEEIP exhibited the highest binding affinity (Kd = 3.98 x 10(-8) M) and largest change in emission intensity (approximately 8.7-fold) upon binding the SH2 domain. This probe was subsequently used in competitive binding assays to study the interaction of the lck SH2 domain with a series of phosphopeptides related to the pYEEIP and pYQPQP (the pY505 C-terminal) consensus sequences. The effects of peptide length and substitutions of residues within the pYEEIP sequence are discussed in terms of binding affinities. Comparison between the tw...Continue Reading

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