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Title: Sequence-specific sup 1 H NMR assignments and structural characterization of bovine seminal fluid protein PDC-109 domain b

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00220a032· OSTI ID:5557547
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  1. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
  2. Institute of Enzymology, Budapest (Hungary)

Sequence-specific resonance assignments for the isolated second or b domain of the bovine seminal fluid protein PDC-109 have been obtained from analysis of two-dimensional {sup 1}H NMR experiments recorded at 500 MHz. These assignments include the identification of all aromatic and most aliphatic amino acid resonances. Stereospecific assignment of resonances stemming from the Val{sup 2}CH{sub 3}{sup {gamma},{gamma}{prime}} groups and from seven CH{sup {beta},{beta}{prime}} geminal pairs has been accomplished by analysis of {sup 3}J{sub {alpha}{beta}} coupling constants in conjunction with patterns of cross-peak intensities observed in two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser effect (NOESY) spectra. Analysis of NOESY and {sup 3}J{sub {alpha}NH} data reveals a small antiparallel {beta}-sheet involving stretches containing residues 25-28 and 39-42, a cis-proline residue (Pro{sup 4}), antiparallel strands consisting of residues 1-3, 5-7, and 10-13, and an aromatic cluster composed of Tyr{sup 7}, Trp{sup 26}, and Tyr{sup 33}. The results of distance geometry and restrained molecular dynamics calculations indicate that the global fold of the PDC-109 b domain, a type 2 module related to those found in fibronectin, is somewhat different from that predicted by modeling the structure on the basis of homology between type 2 and kringle units. A shallow depression in the molecular surface which presents a solvent-exposed hydrophobic area-a potential ligand-binding site-is identified in the NMR-based models.

OSTI ID:
5557547
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (United States), Vol. 30:6; ISSN 0006-2960
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English