Observation via one-dimensional 13Calpha NMR of local conformational substates in thermal unfolding equilibria of a synthetic analog of the GCN4 leucine zipper

Synthesis of a 33-residue, capped leucine zipper analogous to that in GCN4 is reported. Histidine and arginine residues are mutated to lysine to reduce the unfolding temperature. CD and ultracentrifugation studies indicate that the molecule is a two-stranded coiled coil under benign conditions. Vers...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 1996-03, Vol.93 (5), p.1781-1785
Main Authors: Lovett, E G, D'Avignon, D A, Holtzer, M E, Braswell, E H, Zhu, D, Holtzer, A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Sequence
Chemistry
Circular Dichroism
DNA-Binding Proteins
Fungal Proteins - chemistry
Leucine Zippers
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Molecular Sequence Data
Peptides
Protein Conformation
Protein Denaturation
Protein Kinases - chemistry
Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
Ultracentrifugation
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Summary:Synthesis of a 33-residue, capped leucine zipper analogous to that in GCN4 is reported. Histidine and arginine residues are mutated to lysine to reduce the unfolding temperature. CD and ultracentrifugation studies indicate that the molecule is a two-stranded coiled coil under benign conditions. Versions of the same peptide are made with 99% 13Calpha at selected sites. One-dimensional 13C NMR spectra are assigned by inspection and used to study thermal unfolding equilibria over the entire transition from 8 to 73 degrees C. Spectra at the temperature extremes establish the approximate chemical shifts for folded and unfolded forms at each labeled site. Resonances for each amino acid appear at both locations at intermediate T, indicating that folded and unfolded forms interconvert slowly (> >2 ms) on the NMR time scale. Moreover, near room temperature, the structured form's resonance is double at several, but not all, sites, indicating at least two slowly interconverting, structured, local conformational substates. Analysis of the dynamics is possible. For example, near room temperature at the Val-9, Ala-24, and Gly-31 positions, the equilibrium constant for interconversion of the two structured forms is near unity and the time scale is > or= 10-20 ms.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.93.5.1781