The presence and location of water of hydration (that is, bound water) in the solution structure of human interleukin-1 beta (hIL-1 beta) was investigated with water-selective two-dimensional heteronuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. It is shown here that in addition to water at the surface of the protein and ordered internal water molecules involved in bridging hydrogen bonds, positionally disordered water is present within a large, naturally occurring hydrophobic cavity located at the center of the molecule. These water molecules of hydration have residency times in the range of 1 to 2 nanoseconds to 100 to 200 microseconds and can be readily detected by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Thus, large hydrophobic cavities in proteins may not be truly empty, as analysis of crystal structures appears to show, but may contain mobile water molecules that are crystallographically invisible but detectable by NMR.
[NMR paper] Dynamics of xenon binding inside the hydrophobic cavity of pseudo-wild-type bacteriophage T4 lysozyme explored through xenon-based NMR spectroscopy.
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J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Aug 24;127(33):11676-83
Authors: Desvaux H, Dubois L, Huber G, Quillin ML, Berthault P, Matthews BW
Wild-type bacteriophage T4 lysozyme contains a hydrophobic cavity with binding properties that have been...
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[NMR paper] Probing the hydrophobic cavity of lipid transfer protein from Nicotiana tabacum throu
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J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Dec 8;126(48):15738-46
Authors: Dubois L, Da Silva P, Landon C, Huber JG, Ponchet M, Vovelle F, Berthault P, Desvaux H
The hydrophobic cavity of Lipid Transfer Protein 1 from Nicotiana tabacum is investigated in detail by NMR using xenon as a spy. The analysis of the (129)Xe...
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[NMR paper] Remodeling of HDL by phospholipid transfer protein: demonstration of particle fusion
Remodeling of HDL by phospholipid transfer protein: demonstration of particle fusion by 1H NMR spectroscopy.
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1998 Aug 28;249(3):910-6
Authors: Korhonen A, Jauhiainen M, Ehnholm C, Kovanen PT, Ala-Korpela M
There is evidence that phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) can increase reverse cholesterol transport by inducing favorable subclass distribution in the high density lipoprotein (HDL)...
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[NMR paper] Demonstration of protein-protein interaction specificity by NMR chemical shift mappin
Demonstration of protein-protein interaction specificity by NMR chemical shift mapping.
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Protein Sci. 1997 Dec;6(12):2624-7
Authors: Rajagopal P, Waygood EB, Reizer J, Saier MH, Klevit RE
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[NMR paper] NMR identification of hydrophobic cavities with low water occupancies in protein stru
NMR identification of hydrophobic cavities with low water occupancies in protein structures using small gas molecules.
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Nat Struct Biol. 1997 May;4(5):396-404
Authors: Otting G, Liepinsh E, Halle B, Frey U
Magnetization transfer through dipole-dipole interactions (nuclear Overhauser effects, NOEs) between water protons and the protons lining two small hydrophobic cavities in hen egg-white lysozyme demonstrates...
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[NMR paper] NMR identification of hydrophobic cavities with low water occupancies in protein stru
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Nat Struct Biol. 1997 May;4(5):396-404
Authors: Otting G, Liepinsh E, Halle B, Frey U
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[NMR paper] Secondary structure in solution of the hydrophobic protein of soybean (HPS) as reveal
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J Biomol Struct Dyn. 1995 Apr;12(5):1009-22
Authors: Sodano P, Ptak M
COSY, TOCSY and NOESY experiments have been used to assign sequentially the 1H 500 MHz NMR spectra of the Hydrophobic Protein of Soybean (HPS). Spin systems identification combined with sequential assignment allowed to identify the proton resonances of this 80...
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[NMR paper] 1H NMR study of the influence of hydrophobic contacts on protein-prosthetic group rec
1H NMR study of the influence of hydrophobic contacts on protein-prosthetic group recognition in bovine and rat ferricytochrome b5.
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Biochemistry. 1990 Oct 16;29(41):9623-31
Authors: Lee KB, La Mar GN, Kehres LA, Fujinari EM, Smith KM, Pochapsky TC, Sligar SG
The proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of the soluble fragment of native bovine and genetically engineered wild-type rat...