In order to determine whether regions of a protein that are turns in the native structure are able to maintain such a structure when isolated, we have studied the conformational properties of various peptide fragments corresponding to the 12-26-peptide region of the alpha-amylase inhibitor tendamistat, by NMR. Amide solvent accessibility, NOE spectroscopy (NOESY) and rotating-frame NOE spectroscopy (ROESY) data strongly support the conclusion that the 12-26 and 15-23 peptides adopt in aqueous solution, a set of turn-like structures located around the central region of their corresponding polypeptidic chains, the same region where a beta turn exists in the native protein. Such a set of structures are destabilized when one residue located within the native beta turn of the 15-23 peptide is modified Trp18----Ser. Our results indicate that the tendency to bend in a predetermined region of a protein chain seems to exist from the very beginning of the folding process and therefore it could drive the folding instead of being a consequence of the tertiary assembly of the protein.
Identification of helix capping and beta-turn motifs from NMR chemical shifts
Identification of helix capping and beta-turn motifs from NMR chemical shifts
Abstract We present an empirical method for identification of distinct structural motifs in proteins on the basis of experimentally determined backbone and 13Cβ chemical shifts. Elements identified include the N-terminal and C-terminal helix capping motifs and five types of beta-turns: I, II, I', II' and VIII. Using a database of proteins of known structure, the NMR chemical shifts, together with the PDB-extracted amino acid preference of the helix capping and β-turn motifs are used as input data for...
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Density functional calculations of backbone 15N shielding tensors in beta-sheet and turn residues of protein G
Density functional calculations of backbone 15N shielding tensors in beta-sheet and turn residues of protein G
Abstract We performed density functional calculations of backbone 15N shielding tensors in the regions of beta-sheet and turns of protein G. The calculations were carried out for all twenty-four beta-sheet residues and eight beta-turn residues in the protein GB3 and the results were compared with the available experimental data from solid-state and solution NMR measurements. Together with the alpha-helix data, our calculations cover 39 out of the 55 residues (or 71%) in GB3....
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Solid-state NMR evidence for elastin-like beta-turn structure in spider dragline silk.
Solid-state NMR evidence for elastin-like beta-turn structure in spider dragline silk.
Solid-state NMR evidence for elastin-like beta-turn structure in spider dragline silk.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 28;46(36):6714-6
Authors: Jenkins JE, Creager MS, Butler EB, Lewis RV, Yarger JL, Holland GP
Two-dimensional homo- and heteronuclear solid-state MAS NMR experiments on (13)C/(15)N-proline labeled Argiope aurantia dragline silk provide evidence for an elastin-like beta-turn structure for the repetitive Gly-Pro-Gly-X-X motif prevalent in major...
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[NMR paper] NMR conformational analyses on (des-bromo) neuropeptide B [1-23] and neuropeptide W [1-23]: the importance of alpha-helices, a cation-pi interaction and a beta-turn.
NMR conformational analyses on (des-bromo) neuropeptide B and neuropeptide W : the importance of alpha-helices, a cation-pi interaction and a beta-turn.
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J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2005 Aug;23(1):77-90
Authors: Lucyk S, Miskolzie M, Kotovych G
The preferred conformations of the orphan G-protein coupled receptor agonists (des-bromo) neuropeptide B and neuropeptide W , referred to...
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[NMR paper] Native-like beta-hairpin structure in an isolated fragment from ferredoxin: NMR and C
Native-like beta-hairpin structure in an isolated fragment from ferredoxin: NMR and CD studies of solvent effects on the N-terminal 20 residues.
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Protein Eng. 1996 Jul;9(7):559-65
Authors: Searle MS, Zerella R, Williams DH, Packman LC
The conformational properties of protein fragments have been widely studied as models of the earliest initiation events in protein folding. While...
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[NMR paper] NMR solution structure of the isolated N-terminal fragment of protein-G B1 domain. Ev
NMR solution structure of the isolated N-terminal fragment of protein-G B1 domain. Evidence of trifluoroethanol induced native-like beta-hairpin formation.
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Biochemistry. 1994 May 17;33(19):6004-14
Authors: Blanco FJ, Jiménez MA, Pineda A, Rico M, Santoro J, Nieto JL
The solution structure of the isolated N-terminal fragment of streptococcal protein-G B1 domain has been...
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[NMR paper] NMR solution structure of the isolated N-terminal fragment of protein-G B1 domain. Ev
NMR solution structure of the isolated N-terminal fragment of protein-G B1 domain. Evidence of trifluoroethanol induced native-like beta-hairpin formation.
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Biochemistry. 1994 May 17;33(19):6004-14
Authors: Blanco FJ, Jiménez MA, Pineda A, Rico M, Santoro J, Nieto JL
The solution structure of the isolated N-terminal fragment of streptococcal protein-G B1 domain has been...
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[NMR paper] Tendamistat (12-26) fragment. NMR characterization of isolated beta-turn folding inte
Tendamistat (12-26) fragment. NMR characterization of isolated beta-turn folding intermediates.
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Eur J Biochem. 1991 Sep 1;200(2):345-51
Authors: Blanco FJ, Jiménez MA, Rico M, Santoro J, Herranz J, Nieto JL
In order to determine whether regions of a protein that are turns in the native...