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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 259, Issue 12, 7391-7398, 06, 1984

Binding to tubulin of the colchicine analog 2-methoxy-5-(2', 3', 4'- trimethoxyphenyl)tropone. Thermodynamic and kinetic aspects

S Bane, D Puett, TL Macdonald and RC Williams Jr

The thermodynamics and kinetics of the binding to tubulin of the colchicine analog 2-methoxy-5-(2', 3', 4'-trimethoxyphenyl) tropone (termed AC because it lacks the B-ring of colchicine) have been characterized by fluorescence techniques. The fluorescence of AC is weak in aqueous solution and is enhanced 250-fold upon binding to tubulin. The following thermodynamic values were obtained for the interaction at 37 degrees C: K = 3.5 X 10(5) M-1; delta G0 = -7.9 kcal/mol; delta H0 = -6.8 kcal/mol; delta S0 = 3.6 entropy units. The AC-tubulin complex is 1-2 kcal/mol less stable than the colchicine- tubulin complex. The change in fluorescence of AC was employed to measure the kinetics of the association process, and quenching of protein fluorescence was used to measure both association and dissociation. The association process, like that of colchicine, could be resolved into a major fast phase and a minor slow phase. The apparent second order rate constant for the fast phase was found to be 5.2 X 10(4) M-1 S-1 at 37 degrees C, and the activation energy was 13 kcal/mol. This activation energy is 7-11 kcal/mol less than that for the binding of colchicine to tubulin. The difference in activation energies can most easily be rationalized by a mechanism involving a tubulin-induced conformational change in the ligand ( Detrich , H. W., III, Williams, R. C., Jr., Macdonald, T. L., Wilson, L., and Puett , D. (1981) Biochemistry 20, 5999-6005). Such a change would be expected to have a small activation energy in AC because it possesses a freely rotating single bond in place of the B-ring of colchicine.
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