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ArticleJournal of chemical education2024

Reinforcing Protein Biochemistry: A Two-Week Experiment Studying Iron(III) Binding by the Transferrin Protein through Stoichiometric Determination, Stability Analysis, and Visualization of the Binding Site.

Josué A Benjamín-Rivera, Mariela Pérez Otero, Arthur D Tinoco

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Josué A Benjamín-RiveraDepartment of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9460-9954
Mariela Pérez OteroDepartment of Biology, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931, United States.
Arthur D TinocoDepartment of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 00931, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2825-5235

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Upgrade Laboratories Facilities at UPR-Rio PiedrasR25GM061151 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI CARBALLEIRA, NESTOR MANUEL · 2001 to 2023
$32.5M
Fusing the commercial drugs triapine and deferasirox to create Ti(IV) anticancer compounds that inhibit the bioavailability of ironR21CA240997 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS · PI TINOCO, ARTHUR DAVID · 2020 to 2020
$370k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA240997NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM061151
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Abstract

The two-week protein biochemistry experience described herein focuses on reinforcing key biochemical concepts and achieving significant learning domain accomplishments for students (Content Knowledge, Logical Mathematical Reasoning, Visualization, Information Literacy, and Knowledge Integration) and valuable teaching opportunities for instructors. The experience encompasses an exploration of the transport protein serum transferrin as an important regulator of Fe(III) biochemistry and incorporates techniques to assess protein-metal stoichiometry and protein stability and to perform molecular visualization. Students gain practical experience in utilizing spectrophotometric analysis for constructing stoichiometric curves, in performing urea-PAGE, and in applying the PyMOL program to evaluate metal coordination at a protein binding site and the associated protein structural change. The learning and teaching accomplishments provide valuable skills that can be extended into research and translated to other teaching formats.

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