Zinc binding to the HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein: a thermodynamic investigation by fluorescence spectroscopy

Biochemistry
Y MélyD Gérad

Abstract

The HIV-1 nucleocapsid protein, NCp7, is characterized by two CCHC zinc finger motifs which have been shown to stoichiometrically bind zinc in mature virions. Moreover, this binding of zinc proves to be critical in various NCp7 functions, especially in the encapsidation process. To further understand the central role of zinc binding to NCp7, we closely investigated the zinc binding properties of NCp7 and various deleted or substituted derivatives. To this end, the fluorescence of wither the naturally occurring Trp37 or the conservatively substituted Trp16 was used to monitor the binding of zinc to the N- and C-terminal finger motifs, respectively. At pH 7.5, the NCp7 proximal motif was found to bind zinc strongly with 2.8 x 10(14) M-1 binding constant about five times higher than the NCp7 distal motif. Moreover, the binding of zinc to one finger motif decreased the affinity of the second one, and this negative cooperativity was shown to be related to the spatial proximity of the zinc-saturated finger motifs. The binding seemed to be almost equally driven by entropy and enthalpy, and the binding information was essentially encoded by the finger motifs themselves whereas the other parts of the protein only played a marginal stabi...Continue Reading

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