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Biophys J. 2010 Oct 20;99(8):2636-46
Authors: Walsh JD, Meier K, Ishima R, Gronenborn AM
Modular proteins contain individual domains that are often connected by flexible, unstructured linkers. Using a model system based on the GB1 domain, we constructed tandem repeat proteins and investigated the rotational diffusion and long-range angular ordering behavior of individual domains by measuring NMR relaxation parameters and residual dipolar couplings. Although they display almost identical protein-solvent interfaces, each domain exhibits distinct rotational diffusion and alignment properties. The diffusion tensor anisotropy of the N-terminal domain (NTD) is D(?)/D(?) = 1.5-1.6, similar to that of single-GB1 domains (D(?)/D(?) = 1.6-1.7), whereas the value for the C-terminal domain (CTD) is D(?)/D(?) = 2.0-2.2. In addition, the two domains have different rotational correlation times. These effects are observed for linkers of three to 24 residues, irrespective of linker length. The NTD and CTD also differ in their degree of magnetic alignment, even with a flexible linker of 18 residues, exhibiting D(a) values of 7.7 Hz and 9.7 Hz, respectively. Our results suggest that diffusion differences and long-range influences may persist in modular protein systems, even for systems that have highly flexible linkers and exhibit no domain-domain or domain-linker interactions.
Domain cooperativity in multidomain proteins: what can we learn from molecular alignment in anisotropic media?
Domain cooperativity in multidomain proteins: what can we learn from molecular alignment in anisotropic media?
Abstract Many proteins have modular design with multiple globular domains connected via flexible linkers. As a simple model of such system, we study a tandem construct consisting of two identical SH3 domains and a variable-length Gly/Ser linker. When the linker is short, this construct represents a dumbbell-shaped molecule with limited amount of domainβ??domain mobility. Due to its elongated shape, this molecule efficiently aligns in steric alignment media. As the length of...
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[NMR analysis blog] Alignment of NMR spectra Part IV: Advanced Alignment
Alignment of NMR spectra Part IV: Advanced Alignment
Previous posts on this series:
Alignment of NMR spectra Part I: The problem
Alignment of NMR spectra Part II: Binning / Bucketing
Alignment of NMR spectra Part III: Global Alignment
As I mentioned in my previous post, simple alignment based on shifting or referencing the whole spectrum is not enough in cases where there are different local chemical shift fluctuations.
Resorting back to the synthetic data set used in the previous posts, let me introduce a semi-automatic method designed specifically to align spectra having...
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[NMR analysis blog] Alignment of NMR spectra Part III: Global Alignment
Alignment of NMR spectra Part III: Global Alignment
Previous posts on this series:
Alignment of NMR spectra Part I: The problem
Alignment of NMR spectra Part II: Binning / Bucketing
We have seen that binning helps in minimizing, for example, the effect of pH-induced fluctuations in chemical shift so that, in the field of NMR-based metabonomics studies, ensuring that signals for a given metabolite appear at the same location in all spectra. One evident disadvantage of binning is that it greatly reduces the spectral resolution (e.g. in a 500 MHz instrument, a typical 64 Kb...
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[NMR paper] NMR relaxation and water self-diffusion studies in whey protein solutions and gels.
NMR relaxation and water self-diffusion studies in whey protein solutions and gels.
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J Agric Food Chem. 2005 Aug 24;53(17):6784-90
Authors: Colsenet R, Mariette F, Cambert M
The changes in water proton transverse relaxation behavior induced by aggregation of whey proteins are explained in terms of the simple molecular processes of diffusion and chemical exchange. The water self-diffusion coefficient was measured in whey protein solutions and...
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[NMR paper] Solution structure of the peptidoglycan binding domain of Bacillus subtilis cell wall lytic enzyme CwlC: characterization of the sporulation-related repeats by NMR.
Solution structure of the peptidoglycan binding domain of Bacillus subtilis cell wall lytic enzyme CwlC: characterization of the sporulation-related repeats by NMR.
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Biochemistry. 2005 Aug 2;44(30):10153-63
Authors: Mishima M, Shida T, Yabuki K, Kato K, Sekiguchi J, Kojima C
Bacillus subtilis CwlC is a cell wall lytic N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase that plays an...
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[NMR paper] 15N and 31P solid-state NMR study of transmembrane domain alignment of M2 protein of
15N and 31P solid-state NMR study of transmembrane domain alignment of M2 protein of influenza A virus in hydrated cylindrical lipid bilayers confined to anodic aluminum oxide nanopores.
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J Magn Reson. 2005 Apr;173(2):322-7
Authors: Chekmenev EY, Hu J, Gor'kov PL, Brey WW, Cross TA, Ruuge A, Smirnov AI
This communication reports the first...
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[NMR paper] NMR studies of modular protein structures and their interactions.
NMR studies of modular protein structures and their interactions.
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Chem Rev. 2004 Aug;104(8):3557-66
Authors: Pickford AR, Campbell ID
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[NMR paper] NMR studies of model peptides of PHGGGWGQ repeats within the N-terminus of prion prot
NMR studies of model peptides of PHGGGWGQ repeats within the N-terminus of prion proteins: a loop conformation with histidine and tryptophan in close proximity.
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J Biochem. 2000 Aug;128(2):271-81
Authors: Yoshida H, Matsushima N, Kumaki Y, Nakata M, Hikichi K
The N-terminal region of the prion protein from human and mouse contains five tandem repeats with the consensus...