Assignment of the imidazole ring nitrogen protons of histidine 48 in the proton NMR spectrum of ribonuclease A in water solution.
Biochim Biophys Acta, 1975/8/19;400(2):275-82.
Patel DJ, Canuel LL, Bovey FA, Woodward C
PMID: 240416
Abstract
Several exchangeable resonances, designated a, b, c and d are observed in the 11-14 ppm (from 2,2-dimethyl-2-silapentane-5-sulfonate) region of the proton spectrum of ribonuclease A in water solution. We describe a number of lines of evidence suggesting the assignment of peaks b and c to the N1 and N3 protons of His 48, which occupies an interior position in the protein remote from the active site. This evidence includes the observation that the binding of Cu(II) and 3'-CMP (cytidine 3'-monophosphate) has no effect on these resonances. Further evidence includes pH titration data showing a pKa of approx. 2 for these protons, solvent exchange rates in the native state and with disulfide bridges IV-V and III-VIII cleaved, the observation of the carboxymethylated enzymes CM-His12-RNAase A and CM-His119-RNAase A, and of the modified enzymes Des(1-21)-RNAase A (S-protein) and Des(119-124)-RNAase A.
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence; Binding Sites; Copper; Disulfides; Histidine; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Imidazoles; Kinetics; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Protein Binding; Protein Conformation; Ribonucleases
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