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Inorg Chem. 2004 Dec 13;43(25):7934-44
Authors: Bren KL, Kellogg JA, Kaur R, Wen X
NMR spectroscopy has become a vital tool for studies of protein conformational changes and dynamics. Oxidized Fe(III)cytochromes c are a particularly attractive target for NMR analysis because their paramagnetism (S = (1)/(2)) leads to high (1)H chemical shift dispersion, even for unfolded or otherwise disordered states. In addition, analysis of shifts induced by the hyperfine interaction reveals details of the structure of the heme and its ligands for native and nonnative protein conformational states. The use of NMR spectroscopy to investigate the folding and dynamics of paramagnetic cytochromes c is reviewed here. Studies of nonnative conformations formed by denaturation and by anomalous in vivo maturation (heme attachment) are facilitated by the paramagnetic, low-spin nature of native and nonnative forms of cytochromes c. Investigation of the dynamics of folded cytochromes c also are aided by their paramagnetism. As an example of this analysis, the expression in Escherichia coli of cytochrome c(552) from Nitrosomonas europaea is reported here, along with analysis of its unusual heme hyperfine shifts. The results are suggestive of heme axial methionine fluxion in N. europaea ferricytochrome c(552). The application of NMR spectroscopy to investigate paramagnetic cytochrome c folding and dynamics has advanced our understanding of the structure and dynamics of both native and nonnative states of heme proteins.
Redox-dependent conformational changes in eukaryotic cytochromes revealed by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy
Redox-dependent conformational changes in eukaryotic cytochromes revealed by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy
Abstract Cytochrome c (Cc) is a soluble electron carrier protein, transferring reducing equivalents between Cc reductase and Cc oxidase in eukaryotes. In this work, we assessed the structural differences between reduced and oxidized Cc in solution by paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy. First, we have obtained nearly-complete backbone NMR resonance assignments for iso-1-yeast Cc and horse Cc in both oxidation states. These were further used to derive pseudocontact shifts (PCSs) arising...
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Conformational dynamics of recoverin's Ca(2+) -myristoyl switch probed by (15) N NMR relaxation dispersion and chemical shift analysis.
Conformational dynamics of recoverin's Ca(2+) -myristoyl switch probed by (15) N NMR relaxation dispersion and chemical shift analysis.
Conformational dynamics of recoverin's Ca(2+) -myristoyl switch probed by (15) N NMR relaxation dispersion and chemical shift analysis.
Proteins. 2011 Feb 16;
Authors: Xu X, Ishima R, Ames JB
Recoverin, a member of the neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) branch of the calmodulin superfamily, serves as a calcium sensor in retinal rod cells. Ca(2+) -induced conformational changes in recoverin promote extrusion of its...
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Dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates probed by stable-isotope-assisted NMR spectroscopy.
Dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates probed by stable-isotope-assisted NMR spectroscopy.
Dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates probed by stable-isotope-assisted NMR spectroscopy.
Methods Enzymol. 2010;478:305-22
Authors: Yamaguchi Y, Kato K
Unique advantages offered by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy provide high-resolution information not only on structures but also on dynamics and interactions of glycoconjugates in solution. These benefits are further enhanced by applying stable-isotope-labeling techniques, which we...
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[NMR paper] What contributions to protein side-chain dynamics are probed by NMR experiments? A mo
What contributions to protein side-chain dynamics are probed by NMR experiments? A molecular dynamics simulation analysis.
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J Mol Biol. 2005 May 27;349(1):185-203
Authors: Best RB, Clarke J, Karplus M
Molecular dynamics simulations of the structurally homologous proteins TNfn3 and FNfn10 have been used to investigate the contributions to side-chain dynamics measured by NMR relaxation experiments. The...
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[NMR paper] Probing site-specific conformational distributions in protein folding with solid-stat
Probing site-specific conformational distributions in protein folding with solid-state NMR.
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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Mar 1;102(9):3284-9
Authors: Havlin RH, Tycko R
We demonstrate an experimental approach to structural studies of unfolded and partially folded proteins in which conformational distributions are probed at a site-specific level by 2D solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy of glassy frozen solutions. Experiments on chemical...
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[NMR paper] Slow internal dynamics in proteins: application of NMR relaxation dispersion spectros
Slow internal dynamics in proteins: application of NMR relaxation dispersion spectroscopy to methyl groups in a cavity mutant of T4 lysozyme.
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J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Feb 20;124(7):1443-51
Authors: Mulder FA, Hon B, Mittermaier A, Dahlquist FW, Kay LE
Recently developed carbon transverse relaxation dispersion experiments (Skrynnikov, N. R.; et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4556-4566) were...
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[NMR paper] Cooperativity of a protein folding reaction probed at multiple chain positions by rea
Cooperativity of a protein folding reaction probed at multiple chain positions by real-time 2D NMR spectroscopy.
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Biochemistry. 2000 Jul 11;39(27):7910-9
Authors: Steegborn C, Schneider-Hassloff H, Zeeb M, Balbach J
The refolding reaction of S54G/P55N ribonuclease T1 is a two-step process, where fast formation of a partly folded intermediate is followed by the slow reaction to the native state, limited by a trans -->...
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[NMR thesis] NMR and computational studies on the conformational folding of the biomineralization
NMR and computational studies on the conformational folding of the biomineralization template, phosphophoryn
Evans, John Spencer (1993) NMR and computational studies on the conformational folding of the biomineralization template, phosphophoryn. Dissertation (Ph.D.), California Institute of Technology. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechTHESIS:10212009-152426877
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