@article{fitzgerald_swaisgood_1989, title={BINDING OF IONS AND HYDROPHOBIC PROBES TO ALPHA-LACTALBUMIN AND KAPPA-CASEIN AS DETERMINED BY ANALYTICAL AFFINITY-CHROMATOGRAPHY}, volume={268}, ISSN={["1096-0384"]}, DOI={10.1016/0003-9861(89)90585-7}, abstractNote={The technique of analytical affinity chromatography was extended to characterize binding of ions and hydrophobic probes to proteins. Using the immobilized protein mode of chromatography, alpha-lactalbumin and kappa-casein were covalently attached to 200-nm-pore-diameter controlled-pore glass beads and accommodated for high-performance liquid chromatography. The existence of a high affinity binding site (Kdiss = 0.16 microM) (site I) for calcium ion in alpha-lactalbumin was confirmed by chromatography of [45Ca2+]. In addition, chromatography of the hydrophobic probes, 1-(phenylamino)-8-naphthalene-sulfonate (ANS)2 and 4,4'-bis[1-(phenylamino)-8-naphthalenesulfonate (bis-ANS) indicated that Ca2+ bound to a second site (presumably the zinc site or site II) with weaker affinity. Dissociation constants obtained for apo-alpha-lactalbumin were about 80 microM for ANS and 4.7 microM for bis-ANS in the absence of sodium ion. Addition of Ca2+ initially caused a reduction in surface hydrophobicity (lowered affinity for the probe dyes) followed by an increase at higher Ca2+ concentrations (greater than 0.5 mM), suggesting that occupancy of site II restores an apo-like conformation to the protein. Moreover, the effect of Zn2+ was similar to that observed in the higher Ca2+ concentration range, whereas Na+ apparently bound to site I. A calcium binding site of moderate affinity also exists in kappa-casein (Kdiss = 15.6 microM). A cluster of negative charges, probably including the orthophosphate group, most likely comprise this binding site. By preventing self-association, analytical affinity chromatography permits microscale characterization of ligand equilibria in proteins that are unaffected by protein-protein interactions.}, number={1}, journal={ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS}, author={FITZGERALD, RJ and SWAISGOOD, HE}, year={1989}, month={Jan}, pages={239–248} }