Aspartic acid 26 in reduced Escherichia coli thioredoxin has a pKa > 9.
Aspartic acid 26 in reduced Escherichia coli thioredoxin has a pKa > 9.
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还原型大肠杆菌硫氧还蛋白中的天冬氨酸 26 的 pKa > 9。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00028a001
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发表时间:
1995
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Woodward,C
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作者:
Wilson,NA;Barbar,E;Fuchs,JA;Woodward,C
Revised Manuscript Received May 30, 1995® abstract: Apparent pATa values of active site residuesAsp26, Cys32, and Cys35 in reduced thioredoxin have been characterized. Bothwild-type thioredoxin and mutant D26A thioredoxin were selectively 13C-enriched on cysteine/3-carbons. In both proteins, the variation with pH of'HBl,'HB2, and 13CB NMR chemical shifts has been measured. In wild-type reduced thioredoxin, for both cysteines, the pH versus chemical shift plots of HBl protons can be fit to one titration with pKd values of 7.0—7.1. In contrast, the HB2 protons and/3-carbons give pH—chemical shift plots that clearly reflect more than one titration; fits to the data give apparent pKd values of 7.0—7.3 and 9.5 for HB2 protons and 7.5—7.9 and 9.2—10.2 for CB carbons. In reduced D26A, all three probe chemical shifts have a pH dependence that is fit by one titration with pKd of 7.4—7.9. The absence of a titration with pA" a> 9 in D26A, taken together with cysteine thiol pA" a values of 7.1 and 7.9 determined by Raman spectroscopy [Li et al.(1993) Biochemistry 32, 5800—5808], indicates that the pKd> 9 in reduced thioredoxin is that of Asp26. This is highly significant in view of the previous observation that, in oxidized thioredoxin, Asp26 pKd is 7.5 [Langsetmo et al.(1991) Biochemistry 30, 7603—7609], The very high pKd values of these carboxyls is consistent with their local environment in the three-dimensional structure; the Asp26 side chain in oxidized thioredoxin is almost but not completely buried, and in reduced thioredoxin it may be even more buried. The upward shift in pKa of Asp26 in reduced thioredoxin accounts for the lower stability of reduced compared to oxidized thioredoxin and suggests that the function of this very highly conserved active site group isto regulate the redox potential of the enzyme through thermodynamic linkage to global stability. The higher pKd of Asp26 in reduced thioredoxin also offers an explanation for the preference for reduced thioredoxin in phage maturation processes.