Pb-207 NMR Spectroscopy Reveals that Pb(II) Coordinates with Glutathione (GSH) and Tris Cysteine Zinc Finger Proteins in a PbS(3) Coordination Environment.

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Pb-207 NMR Spectroscopy Reveals that Pb(II) Coordinates with Glutathione (GSH) and Tris Cysteine Zinc Finger Proteins in a PbS(3) Coordination Environment.

Pb-207 NMR Spectroscopy Reveals that Pb(II) Coordinates with Glutathione (GSH) and Tris Cysteine Zinc Finger Proteins in a PbS(3) Coordination Environment.

J Inorg Biochem. 2011 Aug 1;105(8):1030-1034

Authors: Neupane KP, Pecoraro VL

(207)Pb NMR spectroscopy can be used to monitor the binding of Pb(II) to thiol rich biological small molecules such as glutathione and to zinc finger proteins. The UV/visible (UV/Vis) absorption band centered at 334 nM and the observed (207)Pb-signal in (207)Pb NMR (? ~ 5750 ppm) indicate that glutathione binds Pb(II) in a trigonal pyramidal geometry (PbS(3)) at pH 7.5 or higher with a 1:3 molar ratio of Pb(II) to GSH. While previous studies using UV/Vis and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy were interpreted to show that the zinc binding domain from HIV nucleocapsid protein (HIV-CCHC) binds Pb(II) in a single PbS(3) environment, the more sensitive (207)Pb NMR spectra (at pH 7.0, 1:1 molar ratio) provide compelling evidence for the presence of two PbS(3) structures (? = 5790 and 5744 ppm), one of which is more stable at high temperatures. It has previously been proposed that the HIV-CCHH peptide does not fold properly to afford a PbS(2)N motif, because histidine does not bind to Pb(II). These predictions are confirmed by the present studies. These results demonstrate the applicability of (207)Pb NMR to biomolecular structure determination in proteins with cysteine binding sites for the first time.

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