Structural properties of apocytochrome b5: presence of a stable native core.
Structural properties of apocytochrome b5: presence of a stable native core.
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apocytochrome b5 的结构特性:存在稳定的天然核心。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00460a004
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发表时间:
1990
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Lecomte,JT
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作者:
Moore,CD;Lecomte,JT
Department of Chemistry, The PennsylvaniaState University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Received November 15, 1989; Revised Manuscript Received December 18, 1989 abstract: Upon removal of the heme group, the water-soluble fragment of cytochrome b5 adopts a conformation less stable and compact than that of the holoprotein [Huntley, T. E., & Strittmatter, P.(1972) J. Biol. Chem. 247, 4641-4647], This conformation, imposed by the amino acid sequence alone, has not been described in detail. One-and two-dimensional proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques were applied to theapoprotein of the soluble fragment of rat liver cytochrome bs in an effort to characterize the structure of the apoprotein. Nuclear Overhauserspectroscopy revealed a number of short interresidue distances and demonstrated that, in spite of the increased flexibility, at least one cluster of side chains exists on a time scale long enough for study. Several residues participating in the cluster, in particular the only Trp (Trp 22), were identified. Similarities with the spectrum of the reduced holoprotein were observed that led to the inspection of the cytochrome b} crystal structure for assigning resonances. It appeared that the environment of this residue maintains its integrity in the apoprotein. Since in the holoprotein Trp 22 belongs to a hydrophobic core formed in part by/3-strands, it is proposed that some of this/3-structure is stable in the absence of the heme-folding are discussed.