TY - JOUR AV - public ID - publicatio34360 Y1 - 2006/// A1 - Kiss Tamás A1 - Jakusch Tamás A1 - Bouhsina Saâd A1 - Sakurai Hiromu A1 - Enyedy Éva Anna SN - 1434-1948 EP - 3613 VL - 2006 JF - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY TI - Binding Constant of VIVO to Transferrin IS - 18 N2 - The interactions of bis-(VO)-O-IV-1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxy-4(1H)pyridinone (DHP) with apotransferrin (apoTF) were followed by means of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy (EPR) at room temperature and at liquid nitrogen temperature. Partial ligand displacement between DHP and apoTF was observed, and the reaction was used to determine the binding constant of (VO)-O-IV to apoTF. A value of log K = 14.3 +/- 0.6 was obtained for the binding of the first (VO)-O-IV to apoTF In order to confirm the validity of the binding constant, UV spectroscopy was used to monitor the displacement reaction between (VO)-O-IV-apoTF and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA). The difference between the binding constants obtained by the two different methods (ca. one log unit) was explained in terms of the possible ternary complex formation between (VO)-O-IV-apoTF and the displacing ligand. The binding constants obtained exhibit a reasonably good agreement with the linear free energy relationship (LFER) estimation. SP - 3607 UR - https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.200600314 ER -