M. Fath et al., Interaction of soluble and surface-bound heparin binding growth-associatedmolecule with heparin, FEBS LETTER, 454(1-2), 1999, pp. 105-108
The interaction of heparin with heparin binding growth-associated molecule
(HB-GAM) was studied using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and surfa
ce plasmon resonance (SPR), ITC studies showed that, in solution, heparin b
ound HB-GAM with a Delta H of -30 kcal/mole corresponding to a dissociation
constant (K-d) of 460 nM, The stoichiometry of interaction was 3 moles of
HB-GAM per mole of heparin, corresponding to a minimum heparin binding site
for HB-GAM of 12-16 saccharide residues. Kinetic measurements of heparin i
nteraction with HB-GAM made by SPR afforded a K-d of 4 nM, suggesting consi
derably tighter binding when HB-GAM was immobilized on a surface, Affinity
chromatography of a sized mixture of heparin oligosaccharides, having a deg
ree of polymerization (dp) of >14 saccharide units, on HB-GAM-Sepharose dem
onstrated that oligosaccharides having more than 18 saccharide residues sho
wed the tightest interaction. (C) 1999 Federation of European Biochemical S
ocieties.