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present in biological systems because Cd and Ca ions
below). The structural similarity of Ca - and Cd -containing
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have the same formal charge and similar ionic radii. The
ternary complexes was confirmed by CP/MAS C NMR
experiments; solid samples of these complexes gave similar
spectra (see Supporting Information). Having confirmed that
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attractive feature of the Cd nucleus is its very broad range
of chemical shifts (> 800 ppm), which results in high sensi-
tivity of the chemical shifts to the nature, number, and
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the Cd ion serves as a surrogate for the Ca ion in the Man
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geometry of ligands coordinated to the Cd ion. Thus, our
solid-state analysis started with the investigation of the role of
binding of PRM-A, we conducted CP/MAS
spectroscopic experiments with solid samples of the binary
Cd NMR
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the Ca ion on the Man binding of PRM-A by cross-
polarization/magic angle spinning (CP/MAS)
spectroscopy.
PRM-A/ Cd and ternary PRM-A/ Cd /Man-OMe com-
plexes.
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Cd NMR
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The Cd NMR spectrum of the binary PRM-A/ Cd
As a prerequisite, we confirmed the specific binding of
complex exhibited a broad signal around d = À50 ppm
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PRM-A to Man-OMe in the presence of Ca ions. After
(Figure 1a). This chemical shift is similar to those
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preparing the binary PRM-A/Ca
complex by adding
aqueous CaCl (1 equiv) to an equimolar mixture of PRM-
2
A and NaOH in water, we examined its coprecipitation with
Man-OMe. In the presence of Man-OMe (25 equiv), forma-
tion of the ternary complex was observed. We quantified the
incorporation of Man-OMe (PRM-A/Man-OMe 1:1.08) by
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solution H NMR spectroscopic analysis of the mixture after
dissociation of the precipitated complex by acid treatment
(
see the Supporting Information). Methyl a-d-glucopyrano-
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side (Glc-OMe) coprecipitated with the binary PRM-A/Ca
complex to a negligible extent (PRM-A/Glc-OMe 1:0.08),
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which indicates that the binary PRM-A/Ca complex specif-
ically binds Man-OMe.
Under the complex-forming conditions, the PRM-A/Man-
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OMe ratio in the ternary PRM-A/Ca /Man-OMe complex
was estimated to be 1:1 even in the presence of an excess
amount of Man-OMe (250 equiv); this result is inconsistent
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with the 1:2 ratio reported by Ueki et al.
A possible
Figure 1. Solid-state CP/MAS Cd NMR spectra of PRM-A/ Cd
complexes prepared a) without Man-OMe, b) with Man-OMe
25 equiv), and c) with Man-OMe (250 equiv). The signals with an
asterisk are the spinning side bands of the Cd signal at
explanation is that PRM-A might possess two Man-binding
sites with different affinities. Whereas Ueki et al. determined
the PRM-A/Man ratio by the phenol–sulfuric acid method,
(
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d=À135 ppm.
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without washing the aggregate of the ternary PRM-A/Ca /
Man-OMe complex, our complex-forming procedure
included an extensive washing process to eliminate non-
specific binding of Man-OMe; during this washing process,
Man-OMe might have been released from the weaker binding
site. The existence of two Man-binding sites in PRM-A is
supported by a previous spectroscopic study of Fujikawa
reported for solid cadmium compounds with two carboxy
groups, such as Cd(OAc) ·2H O
(d = À46 ppm),
Cd(O CCH CH CO )·2H O (d = À52 ppm), and [{Cd(o-
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
HOC H CO ) ·2H O} ] (d = À31 ppm), but quite different
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from those reported for Cd(OH)2 (d = 158 ppm) with
hydroxy groups, [Cd(en) Cl ·H O] (d = 380 ppm; en =
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et al., who showed that one molecule of PRM-A binds two
molecules of Man in two separate steps. They proposed that
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ethylenediamine) with amino groups, [Na Cd(edta)]
(d=102 ppm; EDTA = ethylenediaminetetraacetate) and
Cd(NH CH CO ) ·H O (d = 112 ppm) with amino/carboxy
groups, and [Cd(glycylglycine) ·2H O] (d = 169 ppm) with
carboxy/amino/amide groups.
the Cd ion binds to the carboxy group of PRM-A. This
observation supports the putative role of the Ca ion to
bridge the carboxy groups of two PRM-A molecules.
Considering that chemical exchanges are prohibited in the
solid state, and anisotropy effects are minimized by MAS, the
broadness of the signal may well be attributed to slightly
different chemical environments around the Cd ion owing
to structural heterogeneity of the binary PRM-A/ Cd
complex. On the other hand, the PRM-A/ Cd sample
prepared in the presence of Man-OMe (25 equiv) exhibited a
markedly sharper signal at d = À135 ppm along with a broad
signal almost identical to that observed in the absence of
Man-OMe (Figure 1b). The broad signal around d =
2
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the binary PRM-A/Ca complex initially binds two mole-
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cules of Man to form the ternary PRM-A/Ca /Man complex
with a ratio of 2:1:2, and that another two molecules of Man
are then incorporated to form the ultimate ternary complex
with a ratio of 2:1:4.
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It therefore suggests that
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Coprecipitation in the presence of Cd ions (1 equiv) and
Man-OMe or Glc-OMe (25 equiv) indicated that the binary
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PRM-A/Cd complex also specifically binds Man-OMe
PRM-A/Man-OMe 1:0.46 versus PRM-A/Glc-OMe 1:0.02).
The PRM-A/Man-OMe ratio changed to 1:0.88 when
0 equivalents of Man-OMe were used, which indicates that
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the precipitate formed in the presence of Cd ions was a
mixture of the ternary PRM-A/Cd /Man-OMe and binary
PRM-A/Cd complexes. This assumption was reinforced by
the presence of two signals with almost same area in the CP/
MAS Cd NMR spectrum of the PRM-A/ Cd complex
prepared with 25 equivalents of Man-OMe (Figure 1b; see
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