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Pachón Gómez EM, Fernando Silva O, Der Ohannesian M, Núñez Fernández M, Oliveira RG, Fernández MA. Micelle‐to‐vesicle transition of lipoamino Gemini surfactant induced by metallic salts and its effects on antibacterial activity. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Selective multi-kinase inhibition sensitizes mesenchymal pancreatic cancer to immune checkpoint blockade by remodeling the tumor microenvironment. NATURE CANCER 2022; 3:318-336. [PMID: 35122074 PMCID: PMC7612546 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-021-00326-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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KRAS-mutant pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is highly immunosuppressive and resistant to targeted and immunotherapies. Among the different PDAC subtypes, basal-like mesenchymal PDAC, which is driven by allelic imbalance, increased gene dosage and subsequent high expression levels of oncogenic KRAS, shows the most aggressive phenotype and strongest therapy resistance. In the present study, we performed a systematic high-throughput combination drug screen and identified a synergistic interaction between the MEK inhibitor trametinib and the multi-kinase inhibitor nintedanib, which targets KRAS-directed oncogenic signaling in mesenchymal PDAC. This combination treatment induces cell-cycle arrest and cell death, and initiates a context-dependent remodeling of the immunosuppressive cancer cell secretome. Using a combination of single-cell RNA-sequencing, CRISPR screens and immunophenotyping, we show that this combination therapy promotes intratumor infiltration of cytotoxic and effector T cells, which sensitizes mesenchymal PDAC to PD-L1 immune checkpoint inhibition. Overall, our results open new avenues to target this aggressive and therapy-refractory mesenchymal PDAC subtype.
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Mishra SK, Madduluri VK, Rangan K, Sah AK. N-Glycoconjugates: Selective colorimetric chemosensors for aspartic acid and cysteine. J Mol Struct 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.130644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Potenti S, Spada L, Fusè M, Mancini G, Gualandi A, Leonardi C, Cozzi PG, Puzzarini C, Barone V. 4-Fluoro-Threonine: From Diastereoselective Synthesis to pH-Dependent Conformational Equilibrium in Aqueous Solution. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:13170-13181. [PMID: 34056467 PMCID: PMC8158790 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c01007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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4-Fluoro-threonine, the only fluoro amino acid of natural origin discovered so far, is an interesting target for both synthetic and theoretical investigations. In this work, we lay the foundation for spectroscopic characterization of 4-fluoro-threonine. First, we report a diastereoselective synthetic route, which is suitable to produce synthetic material for experimental characterization. The addition of the commercially available ethyl isocyanoacetate to benzyloxyacetaldehyde led to the corresponding benzyloxy-oxazoline, which was hydrolyzed and transformed into ethyl (4S*,5S*)-5-hydroxymethyl-2-oxo-4-oxazolidinecarboxylate in a few steps. Fluorination with diethylamino sulfur trifluoride (DAST) afforded ethyl (4S*,5S*)-5-fluoromethyl-2-oxo-4-oxazolidinecarboxylate, which was deprotected to give the desired diastereomerically pure 4-fluoro-threonine, in 8-10% overall yield. With the synthetic material in our hands, acid-base titrations have been carried out to determine acid dissociation constants and the isoelectric point, which is the testing ground for the theoretical analysis. We have used machine learning coupled with quantum chemistry at the state-of-the-art to analyze the conformational space of 4-fluoro-threonine, with the aim of gaining insights from the comparison of computational and experimental results. Indeed, we have demonstrated that our approach, which couples a last-generation double-hybrid density functional including empirical dispersion contributions with a model combining explicit first-shell molecules and a polarizable continuum for describing solvent effects, provides results and trends in remarkable agreement with experiments. Finally, the conformational analysis applied to fluoro amino acids represents an interesting study for the effect of fluorine on the stability and population of conformers.
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- Simone Potenti
- Laboratorio
SMART, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratorio
SMART, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratorio
SMART, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Laboratorio
SMART, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
- Istituto
Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università
di Ferrara, Via Luigi Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Chimica “Giacomo Ciamician”, Alma Mater Studiorum—Università di Bologna, Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratorio
SMART, Scuola Normale Superiore, Piazza dei Cavalieri 7, 56126 Pisa, Italy
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Liver metastases are commonly detected in a range of malignancies including colorectal cancer (CRC), pancreatic cancer, melanoma, lung cancer and breast cancer, although CRC is the most common primary cancer that metastasizes to the liver. Interactions between tumour cells and the tumour microenvironment play an important part in the engraftment, survival and progression of the metastases. Various cells including liver sinusoidal endothelial cells, Kupffer cells, hepatic stellate cells, parenchymal hepatocytes, dendritic cells, resident natural killer cells as well as other immune cells such as monocytes, macrophages and neutrophils are implicated in promoting and sustaining metastases in the liver. Four key phases (microvascular, pre-angiogenic, angiogenic and growth phases) have been identified in the process of liver metastasis. Imaging modalities such as ultrasonography, CT, MRI and PET scans are typically used for the diagnosis of liver metastases. Surgical resection remains the main potentially curative treatment among patients with resectable liver metastases. The role of liver transplantation in the management of liver metastasis remains controversial. Systemic therapies, newer biologic agents (for example, bevacizumab and cetuximab) and immunotherapeutic agents have revolutionized the treatment options for liver metastases. Moving forward, incorporation of genetic tests can provide more accurate information to guide clinical decision-making and predict prognosis among patients with liver metastases.
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Hadadi E, Taylor W, Li XM, Aslan Y, Villote M, Rivière J, Duvallet G, Auriau C, Dulong S, Raymond-Letron I, Provot S, Bennaceur-Griscelli A, Acloque H. Chronic circadian disruption modulates breast cancer stemness and immune microenvironment to drive metastasis in mice. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3193. [PMID: 32581213 PMCID: PMC7314789 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16890-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide and one of the major causes of cancer death in women. Epidemiological studies have established a link between night-shift work and increased cancer risk, suggesting that circadian disruption may play a role in carcinogenesis. Here, we aim to shed light on the effect of chronic jetlag (JL) on mammary tumour development. To do this, we use a mouse model of spontaneous mammary tumourigenesis and subject it to chronic circadian disruption. We observe that circadian disruption significantly increases cancer-cell dissemination and lung metastasis. It also enhances the stemness and tumour-initiating potential of tumour cells and creates an immunosuppressive shift in the tumour microenvironment. Finally, our results suggest that the use of a CXCR2 inhibitor could correct the effect of JL on cancer-cell dissemination and metastasis. Altogether, our data provide a conceptual framework to better understand and manage the effects of chronic circadian disruption on breast cancer progression. Circadian disruption is implicated in the development of different human cancers. Here the authors show that chronic circadian disruption, through continuous jet lag, only moderately affects primary tumour growth but promotes cancer-cell dissemination and metastasis in a mouse model of spontaneous mammary tumorigenesis.
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- Eva Hadadi
- Inserm, U935, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France.
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- Inserm, U935, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, UFR de Médecine Kremlin Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Inserm, U1132, Université Paris Diderot, Hôpital Lariboisière - Centre Viggo Petersen, 75010, Paris, France
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- GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78352, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78352, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Inserm, U935, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, UFR de Médecine Kremlin Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Département des Sciences Biologiques et Fonctionnelles, Laboratoire d'HistoPathologie Expérimentale et Comparée (LabHPEC), ENVT, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France.,STROMALab, CNRS ERL5311, EFS, ENVT, Inserm U1031, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Inserm, U1132, Université Paris Diderot, Hôpital Lariboisière - Centre Viggo Petersen, 75010, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U935, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France.,Université Paris Sud, Université Paris Saclay, UFR de Médecine Kremlin Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Service d'hématologie, APHP, GHU Paris Sud, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U935, Université Paris Sud, Villejuif, France. .,GABI, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78352, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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Metzemaekers M, Gouwy M, Proost P. Neutrophil chemoattractant receptors in health and disease: double-edged swords. Cell Mol Immunol 2020; 17:433-450. [PMID: 32238918 PMCID: PMC7192912 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-020-0412-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 58.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Neutrophils are frontline cells of the innate immune system. These effector leukocytes are equipped with intriguing antimicrobial machinery and consequently display high cytotoxic potential. Accurate neutrophil recruitment is essential to combat microbes and to restore homeostasis, for inflammation modulation and resolution, wound healing and tissue repair. After fulfilling the appropriate effector functions, however, dampening neutrophil activation and infiltration is crucial to prevent damage to the host. In humans, chemoattractant molecules can be categorized into four biochemical families, i.e., chemotactic lipids, formyl peptides, complement anaphylatoxins and chemokines. They are critically involved in the tight regulation of neutrophil bone marrow storage and egress and in spatial and temporal neutrophil trafficking between organs. Chemoattractants function by activating dedicated heptahelical G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). In addition, emerging evidence suggests an important role for atypical chemoattractant receptors (ACKRs) that do not couple to G proteins in fine-tuning neutrophil migratory and functional responses. The expression levels of chemoattractant receptors are dependent on the level of neutrophil maturation and state of activation, with a pivotal modulatory role for the (inflammatory) environment. Here, we provide an overview of chemoattractant receptors expressed by neutrophils in health and disease. Depending on the (patho)physiological context, specific chemoattractant receptors may be up- or downregulated on distinct neutrophil subsets with beneficial or detrimental consequences, thus opening new windows for the identification of disease biomarkers and potential drug targets.
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- Mieke Metzemaekers
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 bus 1042, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 bus 1042, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49 bus 1042, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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Hu R, Rodrigues JV, Pradeep Waduge J, Yamazaki H, Cressiot B, Chishti Y, Makowski L, Yu D, Shakhnovich E, Zhao Q, Wanunu M. Differential Enzyme Flexibility Probed Using Solid-State Nanopores. ACS NANO 2018; 12:4494-4502. [PMID: 29630824 PMCID: PMC9016714 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b00734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Enzymes and motor proteins are dynamic macromolecules that coexist in a number of conformations of similar energies. Protein function is usually accompanied by a change in structure and flexibility, often induced upon binding to ligands. However, while measuring protein flexibility changes between active and resting states is of therapeutic significance, it remains a challenge. Recently, our group has demonstrated that breadth of signal amplitudes in measured electrical signatures as an ensemble of individual protein molecules is driven through solid-state nanopores and correlates with protein conformational dynamics. Here, we extend our study to resolve subtle flexibility variation in dihydrofolate reductase mutants from unlabeled single molecules in solution. We first demonstrate using a canonical protein system, adenylate kinase, that both size and flexibility changes can be observed upon binding to a substrate that locks the protein in a closed conformation. Next, we investigate the influence of voltage bias and pore geometry on the measured electrical pulse statistics during protein transport. Finally, using the optimal experimental conditions, we systematically study a series of wild-type and mutant dihydrofolate reductase proteins, finding a good correlation between nanopore-measured protein conformational dynamics and equilibrium bulk fluorescence probe measurements. Our results unequivocally demonstrate that nanopore-based measurements reliably probe conformational diversity in native protein ensembles.
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- Rui Hu
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of China
- Corresponding Authors:.,
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- Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
- Corresponding Authors:.,
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Azizan A, Ahamad Bustamam MS, Maulidiani M, Shaari K, Ismail IS, Nagao N, Abas F. Metabolite Profiling of the Microalgal Diatom Chaetoceros Calcitrans and Correlation with Antioxidant and Nitric Oxide Inhibitory Activities via ¹H NMR-Based Metabolomics. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:md16050154. [PMID: 29735927 PMCID: PMC5983285 DOI: 10.3390/md16050154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Microalgae are promising candidate resources from marine ecology for health-improving effects. Metabolite profiling of the microalgal diatom, Chaetoceros calcitrans was conducted by using robust metabolomics tools, namely 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy coupled with multivariate data analysis (MVDA). The unsupervised data analysis, using principal component analysis (PCA), resolved the five types of extracts made by solvents ranging from polar to non-polar into five different clusters. Collectively, with various extraction solvents, 11 amino acids, cholesterol, 6 fatty acids, 2 sugars, 1 osmolyte, 6 carotenoids and 2 chlorophyll pigments were identified. The fatty acids and both carotenoid pigments as well as chlorophyll, were observed in the extracts made from medium polar (acetone, chloroform) and non-polar (hexane) solvents. It is suggested that the compounds were the characteristic markers that influenced the separation between the clusters. Based on partial least square (PLS) analysis, fucoxanthin, astaxanthin, violaxanthin, zeaxanthin, canthaxanthin, and lutein displayed strong correlation to 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging and nitric oxide (NO) inhibitory activity. This metabolomics study showed that solvent extractions are one of the main bottlenecks for the maximum recovery of bioactive microalgal compounds and could be a better source of natural antioxidants due to a high value of metabolites.
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- Awanis Azizan
- Laboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Laboratory of Natural Products, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Department of Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
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Chaudhuri SR, Kaluđerović GN, Bette M, Schmidt J, Schmidt H, Paschke R, Steinborn D. Synthesis, characterization and cytotoxicity studies of platinum(II) complexes with amino acid ligands in various coordination modes. Inorganica Chim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2012.08.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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WU G, WANG Z, LIN H, ZHANG J, SUN P, ZHANG G, WANG Y, MA J. NMR STUDIES ON THE SELF-ASSEMBLE BEHAVIOR OF POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) METHYL ETHER- b-POLY(L-ALANINE) DIBLOCK COPOLYMER. ACTA POLYM SIN 2009. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1105.2009.01232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mildvan AS, Grisham CM. The role of divalent cations in the mechanism of enzyme catalyzed phosphoryl and nucleotidyl transfer reactions. STRUCTURE AND BONDING 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/bfb0116490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Campbell ID, Dobson CM. The application of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance to biological systems. METHODS OF BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS 2006; 25:1-133. [PMID: 34772 DOI: 10.1002/9780470110454.ch1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Wang Y. Secondary structural effects on protein NMR chemical shifts. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2004; 30:233-244. [PMID: 15754052 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-004-3098-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2004] [Accepted: 08/12/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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For an amino acid in protein, its chemical shift, delta(phi, psi)(s), is expressed as a function of its backbone torsion angles (phi and psi) and secondary state (s): delta(phi, psi)(s=deltaphi, psi)_coil+Deltadelta(phi, psi)_s), where delta(phi, psi)(coil) represents its chemical shift at coil state (s=coil); Delta delta(phi, psi)(s) (s=sheet or helix) is herein defined as secondary structural effect correction factor, which are quantitatively determined from Residue-specific Secondary Structure Shielding Surface (RSS) for (13)CO, (13)Calpha, (13)Cbeta,(1)Halpha, (15)N, and (1)HN nuclei. The secondary structural effect correction factors defined in this study differ from those in earlier investigations by separating out the backbone conformational effects. As a consequence, their magnitudes are significantly smaller than those earlier reported. The present Delta delta(phi, psi)(sheet) and Delta delta(phi, psi)(helix) were found varying little with backbone conformation and the 20 amino acids, specifically for (13)CO, (13)Calpha, and (1)Halpha nuclei. This study also carries out some useful investigations on other chemical shift prediction approaches - the traditional shielding surfaces, SHIFTS, SHIFTX, PROSHIFT, and identifies some unexpected shortcomings with these methods. It provides some useful insights into understanding protein chemical shifts and suggests a new route to improving chemical shifts prediction. The RSS surfaces were incorporated into the program PRSI.
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- Yunjun Wang
- Mesolight, LLC, Fayetteville, AR, 72704, USA.
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Forchioni A, Abillon E, Thiéry JM, Le Barny P, Loucheux-Lefebvre MH. Proton magnetic resonance and model peptides conformations. Biopolymers 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.1977.360161213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kim YH, Kim YB, Yotsu‐Yamashita M. Potent Neurotoxins: Tetrodotoxin, Chiriquitoxin, and Zetekitoxin fromAtelopusFrogs in Central America. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1081/txr-120026911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Chauvierre C, Labarre D, Couvreur P, Vauthier C. Radical Emulsion Polymerization of Alkylcyanoacrylates Initiated by the Redox System Dextran−Cerium(IV) under Acidic Aqueous Conditions. Macromolecules 2003. [DOI: 10.1021/ma034097w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Cédric Chauvierre
- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie, UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie, UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie, UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie, Pharmacotechnie et Biopharmacie, UMR CNRS 8612, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris-Sud XI, 5 rue Jean-Baptiste Clément, 92296 Châtenay-Malabry Cedex, France
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Nishijo J, Tsuchitani M. Interaction of L-tryptophan with alpha-cyclodextrin: studies with calorimetry and proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. J Pharm Sci 2001; 90:134-40. [PMID: 11169530 DOI: 10.1002/1520-6017(200102)90:2<134::aid-jps4>3.0.co;2-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The interaction of L-tryptophan with alpha-cyclodextrin was investigated in a 0.1 M phosphate buffer at pH 7.4 with a LKB 2277 microcalorimeter, using flow mixed mode at 25 degrees C. The thermodynamic parameters for inclusion complex formation obtained are as follows; DeltaG(0) = - 7.03 kJ/mol (K = 17.0), DeltaH(0) = - 9.50 kJ/mol, DeltaS(0) = - 8.3 J/mol K. The driving force for inclusion complex formation was considered to be mainly van der Waals-London dispersion force, and the contribution of hydrogen bonding was secondary in importance. Also, from the measurements of the proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and the model building with Corey-Pauling-Koltum atomic models, the probable structures of the complex, together with conformational change of L-tryptophan by complexation, were determined.
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- J Nishijo
- Kobe Pharmaceutical University, Motoyama-kitamachi, Higasinada-ku, Kobe 658-8558, Japan.
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Verdier L, Bertho G, Gharbi-Benarous J, Girault JP. Lincomycin and clindamycin conformations. A fragment shared by macrolides, ketolides and lincosamides determined from TRNOE ribosome-bound conformations. Bioorg Med Chem 2000; 8:1225-43. [PMID: 10896103 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(00)00081-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two important lincosamide antibiotics, lincomycin and clindamycin were studied in the complex state with the bacterial ribosome after a conformational analysis by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and molecular modelling of the unbound molecules. Lincosamide-ribosome interactions were investigated using two-dimensional transferred nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (TRNOESY), resulting in a bound structure compatible with the experimental NMR data. The results compared with the conformational analysis of the substrates in solution indicate that specific conformations are preferred in the bound state. Clindamycin, the more bioactive antibiotic studied, displayed a stronger NMR response than lincomycin showing that in lincosamide-ribosome interactions, a low affinity binding level is associated to the tight binding one and is related to biological activity. This study shows that conformation plays an essential role for the low affinity binding site. Superimposition of lincosamide, macrolide and ketolide bound structures exhibited conformational similarities in a particular fragment which is in agreement with a hypothesis of partial overlapping lincosamide and macrolide binding sites.
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- L Verdier
- Université René Descartes-Paris V, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques (UMR 8601 CNRS), France
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Kanamori K, Ross BD. In vivo detection of (15)N-coupled protons in rat brain by ISIS localization and multiple-quantum editing. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 1999; 139:240-249. [PMID: 10423361 DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Three-dimensional image-selected in vivo spectroscopy (ISIS) was combined with phase-cycled (1)H-(15)N heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence (HMQC) transfer NMR for localized selective observation of protons J-coupled to (15)N in phantoms and in vivo. The ISIS-HMQC sequence, supplemented by jump-return water suppression, permitted localized selective observation of 2-5 micromol of [(15)N(indole)]tryptophan, a precursor of the neurotransmitter serotonin, through the (15)N-coupled proton in 20-40 min of acquisition in vitro at 4.7 T. In vivo, the amide proton of [5-(15)N]glutamine was selectively observed in the brain of spontaneously breathing (15)NH(4)(+)-infused rats, using a volume probe with homogeneous (1)H and (15)N fields. Signal recovery after three-dimensional localization was 72-82% in phantoms and 59 +/- 4% in vivo. The result demonstrates that localized selective observation of (15)N-coupled protons, with complete cancellation of all other protons except water, can be achieved in spontaneously breathing animals by the ISIS-HMQC sequence. This sequence performs both volume selection and heteronuclear editing through an addition/subtraction scheme and predicts the highest intrinsic sensitivity for detection of (15)N-coupled protons in the selected volume. The advantages and limitations of this method for in vivo application are compared to those of other localized editing techniques currently in use for non-exchanging protons.
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- K Kanamori
- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Laboratory, Huntington Medical Research Institutes, 660 South Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena, California 91105, USA.
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Skrynnikov NR, Ernst RR. Detection of intermolecular chemical exchange through decorrelation of two-spin order. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 1999; 137:276-280. [PMID: 10053160 DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1998.1666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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An initial correlation between two spins is lost when they are separated by intermolecular chemical exchange. This effect, termed "decorrelation by chemical exchange," manifests itself in a decay of the corresponding two-spin modes. It can be used for monitoring intermolecular chemical exchange, as is demonstrated for l-tryptophan where the decay of 1H15N two-spin order provides information on the exchange of indole protons with solvent water.
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- N R Skrynnikov
- Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie, ETH Zentrum, Zürich, 8092, Switzerland
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Todeschi N, Gharbi-Benarous J, Girault JP. Structure of kainic acid totally elucidated by NMR and molecular modelling. Bioorg Med Chem 1997; 5:1943-57. [PMID: 9370039 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(97)00132-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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One class of glutamate receptors is characterized by the binding of the neuroexcitant and toxin kainic acid (KA), which contains an embedded L-glutamate moiety in a partially restricted (about the 2,3-bond) conformation. While there are a number of compounds that exhibit high specificity and selectivity at the ionotropic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, there has been a lack of selective and high-affinity ligands for the ionotropic KA subclass of excitatory amino acid receptors. This substance has received some attention recently being the least understood of the ionotropic type of glutamate receptor. The spatial orientation of the perceived functional groups of KA has been elucidated by a conformational analysis of an aqueous solution of KA using a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experimental results, mechanics and dynamics calculations, and theoretical simulation of NMR spectra. The weak pH-dependent effects on overall conformation and the structure of the principal '4E-envelope' KA conformer are established in aqueous solution. This study clearly shows the structural 'down' position of the double bond and the preferred 'g(-)-c' conformation of the C(3) carboxymethyl side-chain. The complex structure of this compound is thus definitively resolved. The conformation of the envelope ring such as C(3) carboxymethyl and C(4)-isopropenyl groups may strongly influence the potencies of KA interactions with the KA receptor.
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- N Todeschi
- Université René Descartes-Paris V, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques (URA 400 CNRS), France
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Todeschi N, Gharbi-Benarous J, Acher F, Larue V, Pin JP, Bockaert J, Azerad R, Girault JP. Conformational analysis of glutamic acid analogues as probes of glutamate receptors using molecular modelling and NMR methods. Comparison with specific agonists. Bioorg Med Chem 1997; 5:335-52. [PMID: 9061198 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0896(96)00252-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The activity of five glutamic acid analogues substituted in position 3 or 4 by a methyl (3T, 3E, 4T, and 4E) or a methylene group (4M) has been examined at one cloned Glu receptor subtype, mGluR1. These analogues interact with glutamate receptors of the central nervous system, especially the ligand 4T [(2S,4S)-4-methylglutamic acid] at the metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR1. It was observed that only the 4T isomer is as potent an agonist as glutamic acid, whereas other isomers are less active. Furthermore, 4E [(2S,4R)-4-methylglutamic acid] exhibited an exceptional selectivity for the KA ionotropic receptor subtype while 4M [(2S)-4-methyleneglutamic acid] was active at the NMDA receptors. These molecules represent suitable tools among a population of similar glutamate analogues for a classical structure-function relationship study. We have undertaken a conformational analysis by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and molecular modelling of these molecules. Hetero- and homonuclear coupling constants were measured in order to assign the diastereotopic methylene protons at C(3) or C(4), and used for comparison in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The hydrogen-bonding possibility, steric effects or electrostatic interactions may be a considerable influence in stabilizing a conformational population in D2O solution. The conformations may be grouped by the two backbone torsion angles, chi 1 [alpha-CO2(-)-C(2)-C(3)-C(4)] and chi 2 [+NC(2)-C(3)-C(4)-gamma CO2-] and by the two characteristic distances between the potentially active functional groups, alpha N(+)-gamma CO2- (d1) and alpha CO2(-)-gamma CO2- (d2). The conformational preferences in solution of 4T, 4E and (3T, 3E, 4M) are discussed in the light of the physical features known for a specific metabotropic agonist (ACPD) and specific ionotropic agonists (KA) and (NMDA), respectively.
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- N Todeschi
- Université René Descartes-Paris V, Laboratoire de Chimie et BiochimiePharmacologique et Toxicologique, (URA 400 CNRS), Paris, France
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Hirose Y, Sakamoto Y, Tajima H, Kawaguchi S, Ito K. Dissociation Behavior of Poly(2-methyleneglutaric acid) by Potentiometric Titration and Intrinsic Viscosity. Criterion of Two-Step Dissociation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jp953272a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yuji Hirose
- Department of Materials Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441, Japan
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- Department of Materials Science, Toyohashi University of Technology, Tempaku-cho, Toyohashi 441, Japan
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Fusi P, Grisa M, Mombelli E, Consonni R, Tortora P, Vanoni M. Expression of a synthetic gene encoding P2 ribonuclease from the extreme thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus in mesophylic hosts. Gene 1995; 154:99-103. [PMID: 7867957 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)00828-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This work reports the molecular cloning and expression of a synthetic gene encoding P2, a 7-kDa ribonuclease (RNase) previously isolated in our laboratory from the archaebacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus [Fusi et al., Eur. J. Biochem. 211 (1993) 305-310]. The P2-encoding synthetic gene was expressed in E. coli and in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The recombinant (re-) protein was produced to approx. 1.5% of the total protein content in S. cerevisiae using the galactose-inducible GAL1 promoter and to 3% (tac/lac tandem promoters) or 6.5% (T7 promoter) in E. coli as judged by immunological and biochemical criteria. E. coli-produced P2 was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity through a one-step procedure, i.e., DEAE-Sephacel chromatography at pH 9.3. S. cerevisiae-produced P2 additionally required filtration through a Centricon-10 microconcentrator to obtain the same purity. The re-P2 was found to be indistinguishable from the Su. solfataricus enzyme on the basis of heat stability, pH optimum and RNA digestion pattern. Furthermore, monodimensional nuclear magnetic resonance showed that the E. coli- and Su. solfataricus-produced enzymes were structurally identical, the only exceptions being that Lys4 and Lys6 were not methylated in the re-enzyme, thus showing that lysine methylation does not play a role in P2 thermostabilization.
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- P Fusi
- Dipartimento di Fisiologia e Biochimica Generali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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Deiters JA, Gallucci JC, Holmes RR. COMPUTER SIMULATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL NUCLEASE ACTION ON THYMIDINE 3′,5′-BIS(PHOSPHATE) (pdTp). PHOSPHORUS SULFUR 1995. [DOI: 10.1080/10426509508036958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Joan A. Deiters
- a Contribution from the Department of Chemistry , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts , 01003
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- a Contribution from the Department of Chemistry , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts , 01003
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- a Contribution from the Department of Chemistry , University of Massachusetts , Amherst , Massachusetts , 01003
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Behar KL, Ogino T. Characterization of macromolecule resonances in the 1H NMR spectrum of rat brain. Magn Reson Med 1993; 30:38-44. [PMID: 8371672 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910300107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The 1H NMR spectrum of the macromolecule fraction of rat brain cytosol was investigated following centrifugation and dialysis to remove low molecular weight metabolites and peptides (< 3500 daltons). At least seven well resolved resonances were detected between 0.9 and 3.0 ppm in the 1H NMR spectrum of rat brain cytosol after dialysis, several of which cannot be observed in vivo due to overlap with N-acetylaspartate, glutamate, glutamine, creatine, and gamma-aminobutyric acid. Several cross-peaks detected in 2D COSY spectra of the cytosolic macromolecule fraction coincided with those measured in a previous study of rat brain tissue in vitro and in situ (K. L. Behar, T. Ogino, Magn. Reson. Med. 17, 285 (1991)). Treatment of the cytosolic macromolecule fraction with a nonspecific protease permitted partial assignments of resonances in the 1H NMR spectrum to specific amino acids. Fractionation of the dialyzed cytosol of rat brain by gel filtration yielded qualitatively similar 1H NMR spectra for elution volumes corresponding to molecular masses from 12.5 kDa to over 100 kDa. The results indicate that many of the background nonmetabolite resonances observed in the 1H NMR spectrum of normal brain tissue arise from cytosolic proteins.
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- K L Behar
- Department of Neurology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Maruyama T, Lin CC, Yamasaki K, Miyoshi T, Imai T, Yamasaki M, Otagiri M. Binding of suprofen to human serum albumin. Role of the suprofen carboxyl group. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 45:1017-26. [PMID: 8461031 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90245-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The binding of suprofen (SP), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug of the arylpropionic acid class, and its methyl ester derivative (SPM) to human serum albumin (HSA) was studied by dialysis and spectroscopic techniques. In spite of the remarkable differences in the physicochemical properties of SP and SPM, the binding of each molecule to HSA was quantitatively very similar. Thermodynamic analysis suggests that the interaction of SP with HSA may be caused by electrostatic as well as hydrophobic forces, whereas the interactions with SPM may be explained by hydrophobic and van der Waals forces. Similarities in the difference UV absorption spectra between ligand-detergent micelle and -HSA systems indicate that the SP and SPM molecules are inserted into a hydrophobic crevice on HSA. The same studies suggest that the carboxyl group of SP interacts with a cationic sub-site which is closely associated with the SP binding site. Proton relaxation rate measurements indicate that the thiophen ring and propanoate portion of the SP molecule is the major binding site for HSA. The locations of SP and SPM binding sites were identified by using fluorescence probes which bind to a known site on HSA. The displacement data implied that SP primarily binds to Site II, while the high affinity site of SPM as well as low affinity site of SP are at the warfarin binding site in the Site I area. From binding data with chemically modified HSA derivatives, it is likely that highly reactive tyrosine (Tyr) and lysine (Lys) residues, which may be Tyr-411 and Lys-195, are specifically involved in SP binding. In contrast, these two residues are clearly separated from the SPM binding site. The binding of SP and SPM is independent of conformational changes on HSA that accompany N-B transition. There is evidence that the carboxyl group may play a crucial role in the high affinity binding processes of SP to HSA.
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- T Maruyama
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan
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Verma J, Sahal D. Paper Chromatographic and 1H NMR Study of Ion Pair Interactions between N-Dodecanoylhistidine Methyl Ester and Dodecyl Dihydrogenphosphate in Chloroform. BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 1992. [DOI: 10.1246/bcsj.65.1719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Verchére-Bèaur C, Mikros E, Perrèe-Fauvet M, Gaudemer A. Structural studies of metalloporphyrins. Part XIa: Complexes of water-soluble zinc(II) porphyrins with amino acids: influence of ligand-ligand interactions on the stability of the complexes. J Inorg Biochem 1990; 40:127-39. [PMID: 2092077 DOI: 10.1016/0162-0134(90)80046-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The stability constants of a series of complexes of the cationic water-soluble porphyrin ZnTMPyP with various amino acids have been determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy at pH 10.5. The following stability order has been observed: Tyr greater than Phe, Glu greater than Asp greater than Ile greater than Val greater than Gly. These results can be best rationalized by invoking complex stabilization due to ligand-ligand (e.g., stacking or electrostatic) interactions. Evidence for stacking interactions between the porphyrin ring and the aromatic ring of phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan was further provided by study of the complexation of these amino acids with the free-base porphyrin TMPyPH2. In this case, complexation constants increased in the order: Phe less than Tyr less than Trp. Attempts to form complexes of the amino acids with the anionic porphyrin ZnTCPP proved unsuccessful, indicating that electrostatic interactions play a major role in the stability of the zinc porphyrin-amino acids complexes.
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- C Verchére-Bèaur
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique et Bioinorganique, Université Paris-Sud, Centre d'Orsay, France
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Vuister GW, Boelens R, Padilla A, Kleywegt GJ, Kaptein R. Assignment strategies in homonuclear three-dimensional 1H NMR spectra of proteins. Biochemistry 1990; 29:1829-39. [PMID: 2331467 DOI: 10.1021/bi00459a024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The increase in dimensionality of three-dimensional (3D) NMR greatly enhances the spectral resolution in comparison to 2D NMR. It alleviates the problem of resonance overlap and may extend the range of molecules amenable to structure determination by high-resolution NRM spectroscopy. Here, we present strategies for the assignment of protein resonances from homonuclear nonselective 3D NOE-HOHAHA spectra. A notation for connectivities between protons, corresponding to cross peaks in 3D spectra, is introduced. We show how spin systems can be identified by tracing cross-peak patterns in cross sections perpendicular to the three frequency axes. The observable 3D sequential connectivities in proteins are tabulated, and estimates for the relative intensities of the corresponding cross peaks are given for alpha-helical and beta-sheet conformations. Intensities of the cross peaks in the 3D spectrum of pike III parvalbumin follow the predictions. The sequential-assignment procedure is illustrated for loop regions, extended and alpha-helical conformations for the residues Ala 54-Leu 63 of parvalbumin. NOEs that were not previously identified in 2D spectra of parvalbumin due to overlap are found.
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- G W Vuister
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Iakovidis A, Hadjiliadis N, Schóllhorn H, Thewalt U, Trötscher G. Interaction of cis-Pt(NH3)2Cl2 with amino acids. The crystal structures of cis-[Pt(NH3)2(gly)] (NO3), cis-[Pt(NH3)2(ala)](NO3) and cis-[Pt(NH3)2(val)](NO3). Inorganica Chim Acta 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(00)83226-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Xu ZJ, Love ML, Ma LY, Blum M, Bronskill PM, Bernstein J, Grey AA, Hofmann T, Camerman N, Wong JT. Tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase from Bacillus subtilis. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)83740-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Knowledge of three-dimensional protein structures is one of the foundations of protein design and protein engineering. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was recently introduced as a second method for protein structure determination, in addition to the well-established diffraction techniques with protein single crystals. This new approach enables one to carry out detailed structural studies of proteins in solution and other noncrystalline states, which may be similar or identical to the physiological environment, and promises new insights into the dynamics of protein molecules and the protein-folding problem.
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- K Wüthrich
- Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, Zürich, Switzerland
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Jonsson JÃ, Eriksson L, Hellberg S, Sjöström M, Wold S. Multivariate Parametrization of 55 Coded and Non-Coded Amino Acids. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1002/qsar.19890080303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Otagiri M, Masuda K, Imai T, Imamura Y, Yamasaki M. Binding of pirprofen to human serum albumin studied by dialysis and spectroscopy techniques. Biochem Pharmacol 1989; 38:1-7. [PMID: 2910295 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(89)90141-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The interaction of pirprofen with human serum albumin (HSA) was investigated by equilibrium dialysis and spectroscopic (UV absorption, fluorescence, CD, NMR) techniques. It was found that HSA binds pirprofen nonstereospecifically. The binding of pirprofen depends upon the N-B conformational change of albumin. Chloride ions appear to displace the drug from its binding site. The thermodynamic parameters suggest that the interaction may be explained by electrostatic as well as hydrophobic forces. The absorption spectral changes which accompanied the binding of pirprofen to HSA implied that the aromatic portion of drugs was inserted into the hydrophobic crevice in the protein, while the carboxyl group of the drug interacted with a cationic site on the albumin surface. The NMR data indicated that the pyrroline ring and propionic acid parts may be the major binding site for HSA. A specific binding site for pirprofen on the HSA was found to be site II, benzodiazepine site, using fluorescence probes and drug markers. In addition, from the binding data with modified HSA, it seems that Tyr-411 is specifically involved in pirprofen binding.
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- M Otagiri
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Japan
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Jiménez MA, Rico M, Herranz J, Santoro J, Nieto JL. 1H-NMR assignment and folding of the isolated ribonuclease 21-42 fragment. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 175:101-9. [PMID: 3402443 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1988.tb14171.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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We show in this paper that the isolated bovine ribonuclease 21-42 fragment is able to adopt in water solution a measurable population (14% at 22 degrees C, pH 5.4) of a native-like alpha-helical structure. Strong support for this conclusion is given by the analysis of CD data and 1H chemical shift variations with the temperature and the addition of stabilizing (trifluoroethanol) and denaturing (urea) agents. This results gives experimental support to the idea that native isolated secondary structure elements (at least alpha helices) are, as a rule, partially stable in solution and therefore they can act as independent protein-folding nucleation centers.
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- M A Jiménez
- Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid, Spain
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Goc R, Ponnusamy E, Tritt-Goc J, Fiat D. 17O n.m.r. studies of amino acids in the solid state, in single- and polycrystalline forms. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1988; 31:130-6. [PMID: 3366546 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1988.tb00015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A single crystal of 17O enriched alpha-glycine was grown by slow evaporation of aqueous solution. 17O n.m.r. studies of the alpha-glycine molecule in single crystalline form revealed five 17O transitions each consisting of two lines due to inequivalency of the oxygen atoms in the unit cell, with each of these lines revealing a dipolar interaction between the 17O and the nearest hydrogen atom. The spectral width was found to be of the order of magnitude of MHz and the linewidths of the order of magnitude of 2 kHz.
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- R Goc
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois, Chicago
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Ramesh V, Bradbury JH. 1H NMR studies of insulin: histidine residues, metal binding, and dissociation in alkaline solution. Arch Biochem Biophys 1987; 258:112-22. [PMID: 3310894 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(87)90328-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The shifts of the H2 histidine B5 and B10 resonances of 2-Zn insulin hexamer were followed in 2H2O by 1H NMR spectroscopy at 270 MHz from pH 9.85 to 7. The two resonances present at high pH, previously assigned to H2 histidine B5 and B10 residues, moved slightly downfield and split into four resonances at pH 8.95 and also at pH 7. By use of a paramagnetic broadening probe (Mn2+) and the addition of Zn2+ to metal-free insulin, it was deduced that the four resonances arose from histidines B10 and B5 in two different magnetic environments, probably either bound to Zn2+ or not bound to Zn2+. The pK' values of the B5 and B10 histidines were determined in 60% 2H2O-40% dioxan, in which insulin was soluble throughout the pH range, to be 7.1 and 6.8, respectively at 37 degrees C. Studies at higher pH indicated that at a concentration level suitable for 1H NMR (approximately 1 mM) at 37 degrees C in 2H2O the 2-Zn hexamer was largely dissociated to dimer at pH 10.3 and to monomer at pH 10.8. Addition of paramagnetic shift probe Ni2+ to metal-free insulin caused changes to the spectrum similar to those produced on addition of diamagnetic Zn2+. Addition of Co2+ gave a different result, but there was no paramagnetic shift of the H2 histidine B10 resonance, probably because of rapid exchange at the binding site. Addition of Cd2+ and of Cd2+ and Ca2+ produced changes that were similar to each other but were different from those observed on addition of Zn2+, probably due to the binding of Cd2+ and Ca2+ at glutamate B13.
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- V Ramesh
- Chemistry Department, Australian National University, Canberra
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Structure, position, and biosynthesis of the high mannose and the complex oligosaccharide side chains of the bean storage protein phaseolin. J Biol Chem 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)76439-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Jiménez MA, Nieto JL, Herranz J, Rico M, Santoro J. 1H NMR and CD evidence of the folding of the isolated ribonuclease 50-61 fragment. FEBS Lett 1987; 221:320-4. [PMID: 3622771 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(87)80948-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In our search for potential folding intermediates we have prepared and characterized the fragment of RNase A corresponding to residues 50-61. Proton chemical shift variations with temperature, addition of stabilizing (TFE) or denaturing agents (urea) provide a strong experimental basis for concluding that in aqueous solution this RNase fragment forms an alpha-helix structure similar to that in the intact RNase A crystal. This conclusion lends strong support to the idea that elements of secondary structure (mainly alpha-helices) can be formed in the absence of tertiary interactions and act as nucleation centers in the protein folding process.
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Sahal D, Balaram P. Peptide models of electrostatic interactions in proteins: NMR studies on two beta-turn tetrapeptides containing Asp-His and Asp-Lys salt bridges. Biochemistry 1986; 25:6004-13. [PMID: 3098281 DOI: 10.1021/bi00368a026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Two model peptides Boc-Asp-Pro-Aib-X-NHMe [X = His (1) and X = Lys (2)] were synthesized to simulate intramolecular electrostatic interactions between ionizable side chains. Conformational analysis by 270-MHz 1H NMR in (CD3)2SO reveals that the backbone secondary structures of these two peptides are stabilized by two strong intramolecular hydrogen bonds, involving the consecutive carboxy-terminal NH groups. 1H NMR chemical shifts were measured in 1, 2, and a protected derivative, Boc-Asp(OBzl)-Pro-Aib-His-NHMe (3). These shifts were also measured for the model compounds Ac-Lys-NHMe, Boc-Asp-NHMe, and Boc-His-NHMe in their different states of ionization. An analysis of the chemical shifts of the ionization-sensitive reporter resonances suggests the formation of a strong intramolecular salt bridge in the lysyl peptide 2 and a bridge of moderate strength in the histidyl peptide 1. A comparison of the temperature dependence of chemical shifts in peptides 1-3 suggests that intramolecular salt bridge formation results in diminished backbone flexibility. The results establish that proximity effects confer far greater stability to intramolecular ion pair interactions vis-a-vis their intermolecular counterparts. The salt bridge interaction in peptide 1 displays a remarkable sensitivity to the dielectric constant of the solvent medium. The results suggest that these peptides are good simulators of the role of salt bridges in the structural dynamics of proteins.
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Paine GH, Scheraga HA. Prediction of the native conformation of a polypeptide by a statistical-mechanical procedure. II. Average backbone structure of enkephalin. Biopolymers 1986; 25:1547-63. [PMID: 3742005 DOI: 10.1002/bip.360250812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Sjöström M, Wold S. A multivariate study of the relationship between the genetic code and the physical-chemical properties of amino acids. J Mol Evol 1985; 22:272-7. [PMID: 3935806 DOI: 10.1007/bf02099756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The 20 naturally occurring amino acids are characterized by 20 variables: pKNH2, pKCOOH, pI, molecular weight, substituent van der Waals volume, seven 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance shift variables, and eight hydrophobicity-hydrophilicity scales. The 20-dimensional data set is reduced to a few new dimensions by principal components analysis. The three first principal components reveal relationships between the properties of the amino acids and the genetic code. Thus the amino acids coded for by adenosine (A), uracil (U), or cytosine (C) in their second codon position (corresponding to U, A, or G in the second anticodon position) are grouped in these components. No grouping was detected for the amino acids coded for by guanine (G) in the second codon position (corresponding to C in the second anticodon position). The results show that a relationship exists between the physical-chemical properties of the amino acids and which of the A (U), U (A), or C (G) nucleotide is used in the second codon (anticodon) position. The amino acids coded for by G (C) in the second codon (anticodon) position do not participate in this relationship.
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Ehrlich RS, Colman RF. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the conformation and environment of nucleotides bound to pig heart NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase. Biochemistry 1985; 24:5378-87. [PMID: 4074702 DOI: 10.1021/bi00341a016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The binding of coenzymes, NADP+ and NADPH, and coenzyme fragments, 2'-phosphoadenosine 5'-(diphosphoribose), adenosine 2',5'-bisphosphate, and 2'-AMP, to pig heart NADP+-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase has been studied by proton NMR. Transferred nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE) between the nicotinamide 1'-ribose proton and the 2-nicotinamide ring proton indicates that the nicotinamide-ribose bond assumes an anti conformation. For all nucleotides, a nuclear Overhauser effect between the adenine 1'-ribose proton and 8-adenine ring proton is observed, suggesting a predominantly syn adenine--ribose bond conformation for the enzyme-bound nucleotides. Transferred NOE between the protons at A2 and N6 is observed for NADPH (but not NADP+), implying proximity between adenine and nicotinamide rings in a folded enzyme-bound form of NADPH. Line-width measurements on the resonances of free nucleotides exchanging with bound species indicate dissociation rates ranging from less than 7 s-1 for NADPH to approximately 1600 s-1 for adenosine 2',5'-bisphosphate. Substrate, magnesium isocitrate, increases the dissociation rate for NADPH about 10-fold but decreases the corresponding rate for phosphoadenosine diphosphoribose and adenosine 2',5'-bisphosphate about 10-fold. These effects are consistent with changes in equilibrium dissociation constants measured under similar conditions. The 1H NMR spectrum of isocitrate dehydrogenase at pH 7.5 has three narrow peaks between delta 7.85 and 7.69 that shift with changes in pH and hence arise from C-4 protons of histidines. One of those, with pK = 5.35, is perturbed by NADP+ and NADPH but not by nucleotide fragments, indicating that this histidine is in the region of the nicotinamide binding site. Observation of nuclear Overhauser effects arising from selective irradiation at delta 7.55 indicates proximity of either a nontitrating histidine or an aromatic residue to the adenine ring of all nucleotides. In addition, selective irradiation of the methyl region of the enzyme spectrum demonstrates that the adenine ring is close to methyl side chains. The substrate magnesium isocitrate produces no observable differences in these protein--nucleotide interactions. The alterations in enzyme--nucleotide conformation that result in changes in affinity in the presence of substrate must involve either small shifts in the positions of amino acid side chains or changes in groups not visible in the proton NMR spectrum.
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Nieto JL, Rico M, Santoro J, Bermejo J. NH resonances of Ribonuclease S-peptide in aqueous solution. Low temperature n.m.r. study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1985; 25:47-55. [PMID: 2579922 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1985.tb02145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A detailed study of the NH resonances of Ribonuclease-S-peptide (1-19 N-terminal fragment of Ribonuclease A) has been carried out in H2O, pH 3.0, in the temperature range 1-31 degrees, and ionic strength 0-1 M. Individual assignments of all NH amide signals have been achieved by means of extensive double resonance experiments. The folding of S-peptide at low temperature has been monitored by examination of the several NH resonance parameters: first, the nonlinearity of chemical shift vs. temperature plots; second, the selective broadening observed for signals assigned to residues 3-13; and third, the decrease of 3JHNCH coupling constants belonging to this region of the polypeptide chain. All these results are in agreement with the formation of a folded structure at low temperature, which is similar to the one found for the S-peptide in the RNase S crystal.
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Chapter 1 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in biochemistry. NEW COMPREHENSIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60560-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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