scholarly journals 13C-n.m.r. of the cyanylated β-lactoglobulins: evidence that Cys-121 provides the thiol group of β-lactoglobulins A and B

1994 ◽  
Vol 302 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Phelan ◽  
J P Malthouse
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Thiol Group ◽  
Equimolar Mixture ◽  
Thiol Groups ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Polar Environment ◽  
Alkaline Denaturation ◽  
The One

The thiol groups of beta-lactoglobulins A and B have been cyanylated using [13C]KCN. The samples of [cyanato-13C]-cyanylated-beta-lactoglobulins A and B which we prepared had signals at 109.7 p.p.m. and 114.4 p.p.m. We conclude that the thiocyanate carbon having a chemical shift of 109.7 p.p.m. is in an apolar environment similar to a cyclohexane solvent, whereas the thiocyanate carbon having a chemical shift of 114.4 p.p.m. is in a polar environment similar to water. The signals with chemical shifts of 109.7 p.p.m. are assigned to the thiocyanate carbons of the native [cyanato-13C]cyanylated-beta-lactoglobulins A and B. We deduce that the signal at 114.4 p.p.m. is due to an irreversibly denatured/unfolded species produced by alkaline denaturation, which is caused by intramolecular thiol/disulphide exchange occurring during our cyanylation procedure. We propose that Cys-119 is cyanylated in the irreversibly denatured species and Cys-121 is cyanylated in the native [cyanato-13C]cyanylated-beta-lactoglobulins A and B. We suggest that the same intramolecular thiol-disulphide exchange reactions occurred when McKenzie and co-workers [McKenzie, Ralston and Shaw (1972) Biochemistry 11, 4539-4547] alkylated beta-lactoglobulins with iodoacetamide. Therefore the one mol of thiol/mol of monomer in the native beta-lactoglobulins is due to the thiol of Cys-121 and is not due to an equimolar mixture of Cys-119 and Cys-121 as they suggested.

1H chemical shifts in nonaxial, paramagnetic chromium(III) complexes — Application of novel pNMR shift theory

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (7) ◽  
pp. 954-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helmi Liimatainen ◽  
Teemu O. Pennanen ◽  
Juha Vaara
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Spin Symmetry ◽  
Nonrelativistic Limit ◽  
Chemical Application ◽  
Electronic Spin ◽  
Organic Complexes ◽  
Shielding Tensor ◽  
The One

We present the first chemical application of the recent, general theory of the nuclear magnetic resonance shielding and chemical shift in paramagnetic compounds, to a set of nonaxial high-spin metallo-organic complexes. The theory is for the first time rigorous for systems of arbitrary spatial and spin symmetry, and introduces new structure to the isotropic, anisotropic but symmetric, and anisotropic and antisymmetric parts of the shielding tensor. We apply the theory using density functional calculations of the proton chemical shift in a family of nonaxial chromium(III) complexes possessing a quartet ground electronic spin state. We discuss the various contributions to the isotropic chemical shift, and compare the full theory to approximate forms appropriate to the doublet case on the one hand, and to the doublet case at the nonrelativistic limit, on the other hand. The performance of various exchange-correlation functionals in reproducing the recently measured experimental chemical shifts is evaluated.

scholarly journals Organization of thiol groups of electric-eel electric-organ sodium-plus-potassium ion-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase studied with bifunctional reagents

1980 ◽  
Vol 185 (3) ◽  
pp. 787-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
W E Harris ◽  
W L Stahl
Keyword(s):  
Adenosine Triphosphatase ◽  
Polar Solvent ◽  
Electric Organ ◽  
Thiol Group ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Thiol Groups ◽  
High Solubility ◽  
Efficient Inhibitor ◽  
Polar Environment ◽  
Electric Eel

The reactions of three bifunctional thiol-blocking reagents of differing cross-linking spans and two monofunctional thiol-blocking reagents with the Na+ + K+-stimulated ATPase of the electric-eel electric organ were examined. 1,5-Difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene with a cross-linking span of 0.3-0.5 nm (3-5 A) and high solubility in non-polar solvent was the most efficient inhibitor of enzyme activity; thus essential thiol groups exist in a non-polar environment and are approx. 0.3-0.5 nm (3-5 A) from their nearest thiol-group neighbours. Ligands promoting phosphorylation of the Na+ + K+-stimulated ATPase decreased the number of thiol groups bridged by 1,5-difluoro-2,4-dinitrobenzene and by 4,4'-difluoro-3,3'-dinitrodiphenyl sulphone [0.7-1.0 nm (7-10 A) span]. Phosphorylation is associated with a conformational change in the enzyme.

Selenium-77 nuclear magnetic resonance studies of selenols, diselenides, and selenenyl sulfides

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khoon-Sin Tan ◽  
Alan P. Arnold ◽  
Dallas L. Rabenstein
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Proton Exchange ◽  
Exchange Reactions ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Spectra ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic

77Se and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra have been measured for selenols (RSeH), diselenides (RSeSeR), and selenenyl sulfides (RSeSR′), including selenenyl sulfides formed by reaction of glutathione and penicillamine with selenocystine and related diselenides. Exchange processes strongly affect the 77Se and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of all three classes of compounds. Sharp, exchange-averaged resonances are observed in the 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of selenols; however, selenol proton exchange causes the 77Se resonances to be extremely broad over the pH range where the selenol group is titrated. Selenol/diselenide exchange [Formula: see text] also results in exchange-averaged 1H resonances for solutions containing RSeH and RSeSeR; however, the 77Se resonances were too broad to detect. Exchange reactions have similar effects on nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of solutions containing selenols and selenenyl sulfides. The results indicate selenol/diselenide exchange is much faster than thiol/disulfide exchange. The 77Se chemical shift depends on the chemical state of the selenium, e.g., titration of the selenol group of selenocysteamine causes the 77Se resonance to be shielded by 164 ppm, oxidation of the selenol to form the diselenide selenocystamine causes a deshielding of 333 ppm, and oxidation to form the selenenyl sulfide [Formula: see text] results in a deshielding of 404 ppm. 77Se chemical shifts were found to be in the range −240 to −270 ppm (relative to (CH3)2Se) for selenolates, approximately −80 ppm for selenols, 230–360 ppm for diselenides, and 250–340 ppm for selenenyl sulfides. The 77Se chemical shift is also affected by titration of neighboring carboxylic acid and ammonium groups, and their pkA values can be calculated from 77Se chemical shift data.

31P chemical shift anisotropies of trimethyl- and triphenylphosphine-substituted Group 6 metal pentacarbonyl complexes

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 1280-1283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan H Wosnick ◽  
Frederick G Morin ◽  
Denis FR Gilson
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Reasonable Agreement ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Chemical Shift Anisotropy ◽  
Coupling Constants ◽  
Torsion Angles ◽  
Chemical Shift Tensors ◽  
Group 6 ◽  
Phenyl Rings ◽  
The One

The 31P chemical shift tensor components and anisotropies of the trimethyl- and triphenylphosphine complexes of the group 6 metal pentacarbonyls, M(CO)5PR3 (M = Cr, Mo, W and R = Me, Ph), have been measured using solid-state CP-MAS 31P NMR spectroscopy. For the trimethylphosphine derivatives, the chemical shift tensors have near axial symmetry and the shift tensor components are in reasonable agreement with the calculated values for the chromium and molybdenum complexes. In the triphenylphosphine complexes, the tensors are asymmetric due to the different torsion angles of the phenyl rings. The trend to higher shielding of the isotropic 31P chemical shifts on descending group 6 arises from changes in the perpendicular components of the shift tensor. The one-bond coupling constants, 1J(95/97Mo-31P), for the trimethyl- and triphenylphosphine complexes are 129 and 133 Hz, respectively.Key words: chemical shift anisotropy, phosphines, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten.

scholarly journals 13C-n.m.r. of the cyanylated apoflavodoxin and flavodoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum

1993 ◽  
Vol 294 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
G M Doherty ◽  
S G Mayhew ◽  
J P G Malthouse
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Chemical Modification ◽  
Dissociation Constant ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Thiol Group ◽  
Cysteine Residue ◽  
Single Step ◽  
Clostridium Pasteurianum ◽  
Megasphaera Elsdenii

The thiol group of the flavodoxin from Clostridium pasteurianum has been cyanylated in a single step using [cyanato-13C]2-nitro-5-thiocyanatobenzoic acid. This chemical modification increases the dissociation constant of the apoflavodoxin-FMN complex 10-fold from 0.33 +/- 0.15 nM to 2.9 +/- 1.3 nM. The thiocyanate carbons of the cyanylated cysteine residue of apoflavodoxin and flavodoxin had chemical shift values of 114.7 and 112.3 p.p.m. respectively. From these chemical shifts we conclude that the binding of FMN by the cyanylated apoflavodoxin causes a decrease in the polarity and/or hydrogen bonding capacity of the environment of the thiocyanate group. We compare these results with those obtained from similar studies on the cyanylated apoflavodoxin and flavodoxin from Megasphaera elsdenii and we discuss how FMN binding and cyanylation perturb the structures of apoflavodoxins from Megasphaera elsdenii and Clostridium pasteurianum.

scholarly journals Structure of Nanobody Nb23

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (12) ◽  
pp. 3567
Author(s):  
Mathias Percipalle ◽  
Yamanappa Hunashal ◽  
Jan Steyaert ◽  
Federico Fogolari ◽  
Gennaro Esposito
Keyword(s):  
Nmr Spectroscopy ◽  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Solution Structure ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Molecular Size ◽  
Side Chain ◽  
3D Nmr ◽  
Target Antigen ◽  
Internuclear Distances ◽  
2D And 3D

Background: Nanobodies, or VHHs, are derived from heavy chain-only antibodies (hcAbs) found in camelids. They overcome some of the inherent limitations of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and derivatives thereof, due to their smaller molecular size and higher stability, and thus present an alternative to mAbs for therapeutic use. Two nanobodies, Nb23 and Nb24, have been shown to similarly inhibit the self-aggregation of very amyloidogenic variants of β2-microglobulin. Here, the structure of Nb23 was modeled with the Chemical-Shift (CS)-Rosetta server using chemical shift assignments from nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy experiments, and used as prior knowledge in PONDEROSA restrained modeling based on experimentally assessed internuclear distances. Further validation was comparatively obtained with the results of molecular dynamics trajectories calculated from the resulting best energy-minimized Nb23 conformers. Methods: 2D and 3D NMR spectroscopy experiments were carried out to determine the assignment of the backbone and side chain hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon resonances to extract chemical shifts and interproton separations for restrained modeling. Results: The solution structure of isolated Nb23 nanobody was determined. Conclusions: The structural analysis indicated that isolated Nb23 has a dynamic CDR3 loop distributed over different orientations with respect to Nb24, which could determine differences in target antigen affinity or complex lability.

scholarly journals Half-sites oxidation of bovine liver uridine diphosphate glucose dehydrogenase

1978 ◽  
Vol 173 (2) ◽  
pp. 701-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
J S Franzen ◽  
P Marchetti ◽  
R Ishman ◽  
J Ashcom
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Glucose Dehydrogenase ◽  
Bovine Liver ◽  
Thiol Group ◽  
Catalytic Site ◽  
Uridine Diphosphate ◽  
Thiol Groups ◽  
Irreversible Denaturation ◽  
Diphosphate Glucose ◽  
Uridine Diphosphate Glucose Dehydrogenase

6,6-Dithiodinicotinate shows half-of-the-sites reactivity towards the six catalytic-site thiol groups of bovine liver UDP-glucose dehydrogenase. The reagent introduces three intrasubunit disulphide linkages between catalytic-site thiol groups and non-catalytic-site thiol groups and abrogates 60% of the catalytic activity of the hexameric enzyme; excess 2-mercaptoethanol rapidly restores full catalytic activity. These results show the half-of-the-sites behaviour of the enzyme with the reagent and the presence of a non-catalytic-site thiol group capable of forming a disulphide linkage with a catalytic-site thiol group on the same subunit without irreversible denaturation.

Circular dichroism spectra of tetraamminecobalt(III) complexes of amino alcohols

1978 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 2399 ◽  
Author(s):  
CJ Hawkins ◽  
GA Lawrance ◽  
JA Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Circular Dichroism ◽  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Amino Alcohols ◽  
Circular Dichroism Spectra ◽  
Chemical Shift Difference ◽  
Solvent Dependence ◽  
Cotton Effects ◽  
Circular Dichroïsm ◽  
Chiral Amino Alcohols

The circular dichroism spectra are reported for tetraamminecobalt(III) complexes with the chiral amino alcohols 2-aminopropan-1-ol, 2- aminobutan-1-ol, 1-aminopropan-2-ol, 2-amino-1-phenyl-ethanol, ψ- ephedrine and ephedrine with the alcohol groups protonated (OH) and deprotonated (O-). The solvent dependence of the chemical shifts of the NH protons was investigated to determine the effects of stereoselective solvation on the circular dichroism, but, in contrast to some other related systems, the chemical shift difference between the two NH2 protons was relatively insensitive to solvent. Consistent with this, the circular dichroism spectra of the tetraphenylborate salts of the deprotonated complexes were found not to be markedly dependent on solvent. Tetraammine-{(-)-ψ-ephedrine)cobalt(III) and tetraammine{(-)- ephedrine}cobalt(III) were found to have the same signs of Cotton effects for the various d-d transitions, whereas bis{(-)-ψ- ephedrine}copper(II) and bis{(-)-ephedrine}copper(II) had opposite signs. This has been explained in terms of different conformer populations in the cobalt(III) and copper(II) systems.

NMR studies of tandem WW domains of Nedd4 in complex with a PY motif-containing region of the epithelial sodium channel

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 341-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Voula Kanelis ◽  
Neil A Farrow ◽  
Lewis E Kay ◽  
Daniela Rotin ◽  
Julie D Forman-Kay
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Shift ◽  
Sodium Channel ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Epithelial Sodium Channel ◽  
Chemical Shift Assignment ◽  
Nmr Studies ◽  
Ww Domains ◽  
Ww Ii ◽  
Py Motif ◽  
Shift Assignment

Nedd4 (neuronal precursor cell-expressed developmentally down-regulated 4) is a ubiquitin-protein ligase containing multiple WW domains. We have previously demonstrated the association between the WW domains of Nedd4 and PPxY (PY) motifs of the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). In this paper, we report the assignment of backbone 1Hα, 1HN, 15N, 13C', 13Cα, and aliphatic 13C resonances of a fragment of rat Nedd4 (rNedd4) containing the two C-terminal WW domains, WW(II+III), complexed to a PY motif-containing peptide derived from the β subunit of rat ENaC, the βP2 peptide. The secondary structures of these two WW domains, determined from chemical shifts of 13Cα and 13Cβ resonances, are virtually identical to those of the WW domains of the Yes-associated protein YAP65 and the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase Pin1. Triple resonance experiments that detect the 1Hα chemical shift were necessary to complete the chemical shift assignment, owing to the large number of proline residues in this fragment of rNedd4. A new experiment, which correlates sequential residues via their 15N nuclei and also detects 1Hα chemical shifts, is introduced and its utility for the chemical shift assignment of sequential proline residues is discussed. Data collected on the WW(II+III)-βP2 complex indicate that these WW domains have different affinities for the βP2 peptide.Key words: WW domain, PY motif, Nedd4, ENaC, NMR.

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