Two-dimensional NMR characterization of the deoxymyoglobin heme pocket.
Two-dimensional NMR characterization of the deoxymyoglobin heme pocket.
复制标题
脱氧肌红蛋白血红蛋白袋的二维核磁共振表征。
作者:
Busse,SC;Jue,T
MATERIALS AND METHODSSample Preparations. Horse heart myoglobin (Sigma), without further purification, was dissolved in a D2O buffer (25 mM phosphate, pH 7.4) to make a 10 mM solution. Centrifugation removed any undissolved material. The sample was then transferred to a 5-mm NMR sample tube, sealed with a gas-tight septum. An evacuation-purge cycle, with a vacuum pump and nitrogen, degassed the sample and removed the excess oxygen. Two to three equivalents of sodium dithionite, dissolved in 0.1 mL of D2O buffer and injected through the septum, removed the remaining oxygenand reduced the heme from Fe (III) to Fe (II). For oxy Mb, a Sephadex G-25 molecular size separation step followed the initial dithionite reduction of met Mb in a D20 buffer (1 mM EDTA and 5 mM TRIS, pH 8.4). Concentrating the sample in an ultrafiltration cell (Amicon) produced a final 10 mM oxy Mb solution. Injecting 0.5 equivalent of dithionite into a degassed, sealed tube of deoxy Mb sample then yielded the 50/50 mixture of oxy and deoxy Mb. Although the protein preparation procedure minimized the Mb autoxidation rate from Fe (II) to Fe (III), about 10% met Mb still appeared within 1 h, detectable from boththe distinct optical and NMR signals (Antonini & Brunori, 1971). NMR. NMR spectra were recorded with a General Electric (GE) Omega 300, a GE Omega500, or a Bruker AMX 400 spectrometer. Variable-temperature studies of deoxymyoglobin on the GE Omega 300 required a 10-kHz spectral width, 32 scans, presaturating irradiation for watersuppression, and 1-Hz exponential apodization. The HOD line was referenced to 4.76 ppm at 25 0 C, which was calibrated against DSS. At different temperatures, the HOD reference line was adjusted to reflect its temperature dependence. The variable temperature control unit maintained and recorded accurately the sample temperature within±0.5 C. 2D TOCSY (Braunschweiler & Ernst, 1983) experiments on the Bruker AMX 400 spectrometer utilized previously reported pulsesequences (Ranee, 1987; Ranee & Cavanagh, 1990) and TPPI (Marion & Wuthrich, 1983) for phasesensitive detection. The spectra required a 12-kHz spectral width, 256 experiments with IK complex points, 640 or 960 scans, and a 300-400-ms repetition time. Sufficient pulse power permitted the isotropic mixing (WALTZ) pulse to spin-lock the entire deoxy Mb spectral window. Typical 90 pulses ranged from 10 to 14 µß; spin-lock time varied between 5 and 10 ms. The signal phase of the first row of the 2D data set confirmed the efficiency of the spin lock. A presaturating pulse reduced the residual water resonance. The NOESY (Jeener et al., 1979) experimental parametersparallel the TOCSY ones. However, the NOESY mixingtimes varied between 20 and 75 ms. A sine bell squared function, shifted by 45 in each dimension, filtered the acquisition data. Zero filling to a final size of IK by IK real points improved the digital resolution.