Binding of calcium and phosphate ions to dentin phosphophoryn
- 10 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 28 (1), 346-352
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00427a047
Abstract
The concomitant binding of calcium and inorganic phosphate ions by the highly phosphorylated rat dentin phosphophoryn (HP) was measured in the pH range of 7.4-8.5 by an ultrafiltration procedure. HP binds almost exclusively the triply charged PO43-ion, and for each PO43- ion bound, the protein binds about 1.5 additional Ca2+ ions. Therefore, the protein-mineral ion complex can be described as a protein with two different ligands, Ca2+ ions and calcium phosphate clusters having a stoichiometry of about Ca1.5PO4. Empirically the binding of calcium and phosphate can best be described as a function of a neutral ion activity product in which 2.5-10% of the phosphate is HPO42-. The stoichiometry of the bound clusters is similar to that of amorphous calcium phosphate, and it is clear that the protein does not sequester crystal embryos of octacalcium phosphate or hydroxyapatite. The protein-mineral ion complex is amorphous by electron diffraction analysis and does not catalyze the formation of a crystalline phase when aged in contact with its solution. About 15% of the bound phosphate is buried in protected domains, and it is stable with respect to dissociation for extended periods in phosphate-free calcium buffers. The buried mineral maintains the protein in an aggregated state even at calcium ion concentrations which are too low for the aggregation of unmineralized HP. In vivo HP should be ineffective in the nucleation of a crystalline mineral phase, if it is secreted in a mineralized aggregated state similar to casein and the bivalve phosphoprotein.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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