Metal ion-binding equilibria

Evaluation of the Electrostatic Effect on Metal Ion-Binding Equilibria in Negatively Charged Polyion Systems... 

A. Metal Ion>Binding Equilibria of Dextransulfates and Sulfopropyl Dextran Gels... 

The polyion domain volume can be computed by use of the acid-dissociation equilibria of weak-acid polyelectrolyte and the multivalent metal ion binding equilibria of strong-acid polyelectrolyte, both in the presence of an excess of Na salt. The volume computed is primarily related to the solvent uptake of tighdy cross-linked polyion gel. In contrast to the polyion gel systems, the boundary between the polyion domain and bulk solution is not directly accessible in the case of water-soluble linear polyelectrolyte systems. Electroneutrality is not achieved in the linear polyion systems. A fraction of the counterions trapped by the electrostatic potential formed in the vicinity of the polymer skeleton escapes at the interface due to thermal motion. The fraction of the counterion release to the bulk solution is equatable to the practical osmotic coefficient, and has been used to account for such loss in the evaluation of the Donnan phase volume in the case of linear polyion systems. 

T Miyajima. Evaluation of the electrostatic effect on metal ion-binding equilibria in negatively charged polyion systems. In JA Marinsky, Y Marcus, eds. Ion Exchange and Solvent Extraction—A Series of Advances. New York Marcel Dekker, 1995, Vol. 12, Chap. 7. 

EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT ON METAL ION-BINDING EQUILIBRIA IN NEGATIVELY CHARGED POLYION SYSTEMS Tohru Miyajima... 

The binding of small molecules to larger ones is basic to most biological phenomena. Substrates bind to enzymes and hormones bind to receptors. Metal ions bind to ATP, to other small molecules, and to metalloproteins. Hydrogen ions bind to amino acids, peptides, nucleotides, and most macromolecules. In this section we will consider ways of describing mathematically the equilibria involved. 

Due to practical significance and theoretical interest, much effort has been made to clarify the unique characteristics of metal ion/polyelectrolyte mixture solutions in various disciplines of chemistry. Since a proper equilibrium expression for metal ion binding to polymer molecules is indispensable for the quantification of the physicochemical properties, apparent or macroscopic equilibrium constants have been determined. Unfortunately, however, these overall constants are usually defined arbitrarily, being dependent on the research groups, the experimental techniques, and the systems to be investigated hence they are not comparable with each other nor re-latable to the intrinsic equilibrium constants defined at respective reaction sites. Compared with the situation for the equilibrium analyses of metal complexation with monomer ligands, to which the law of mass action can directly be applied, complete analytical treatment of the metal ion/ polyelectrolyte complexation equilibria has not yet been established even at the present time. There are essential difficulties inherent in the analyses of metal complexation equilibria in polyelectrolyte solutions. 

In noncompetitive inhibition, the inhibitor is presumed not to bind to an active site on the enzyme, but rather to bind at some other site. This complex formation may involve some change in the conformation of the enzyme, which makes it impossible for the substrate to bind at the active site. The inhibition of urease by Ag+, Pb2+, or Hg2+ is believed to be the result of these metal ions binding to the sulfhydryl (—SH) groups on the enzyme. For this type of action, we can write the equilibria... 

Mammalian metallothioneins typically bind seven metal ions in cluster structures, with bridging sulfur groups, as seen in the x-ray structure of the Cd5Zn2MT complex (86). It is therefore difficult to develop a simple formation-constant description for the binding of metal ions to MT (87), considering that protonation-deprotonation equilibria of the free protein itself should also be taken into account. However, the usefulness of Table VIII as a guide to the affinity of metal ions for mercapto donor ligands is seen in that the ability of metal ions to... 

The Scatchard formalism can of course be applied to the binding of any small molecule to any biomacromolecule, such as the binding of a substrate or inhibitor to an enzyme, or the binding of a metal ion to an apoprotein. In receptor research, the determination of Kd typically requires labeling of the substrate by radioactivity or by fluorescence. However, we might just as well choose paramagnetism as the label, and this then makes the EPR spectrometer the detector for the determination of binding equilibria. The Scatchard plot in Equation 13.4 has two experimental observables [L] and [RL], and so we must find ways to determine these quantities from EPR spectra. 

Equilibria in the formation of complex ions with metals are treated exactly as is the binding of small molecules and ions to macromolecules.87-89 Stepwise constants are defined for the formation of complexes containing one, two, or more ligands L bound to a central metal ion M. The binding constants K/s are usually referred to as P s as in Eq. 6-84. 

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