1H, 13C, and 15N resonance assignments of Fusarium solani pisi cutinase and preliminary features of the structure in solution. |
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Authors: | J. J. Prompers A. Groenewegen R. C. Van Schaik H. A. Pepermans C. W. Hilbers |
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Affiliation: | Nijmegen SON Research Center, Laboratory of Biophysical Chemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. |
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Abstract: | Essentially complete (96%) sequence-specific assignments were made for the backbone and side-chain 1H, 13C, and 15N resonances of Fusarium solani pisi cutinase, produced as a 214-residue heterologous protein in Escherichia coli, using heteronuclear NMR techniques. Three structural features were noticed during the assignment. (1) The secondary structure in solution corresponds mostly with the structure from X-ray diffraction, suggesting that both structures are globally similar. (2) The HN of Ala32 has a strongly upfield-shifted resonance at 3.97 ppm, indicative of an amide-aromatic hydrogen bond to the indole ring of Trp69 that stabilizes the N-terminal side of the parallel beta-sheet. (3) The NMR data suggest that the residues constituting the oxyanion hole are quite mobile in the free enzyme in solution, in contrast to the existence of a preformed oxyanion hole as observed in the crystal structure. Apparently, cutinase forms its oxyanion hole upon binding of the substrate like true lipases. |
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Keywords: | amide-aromatic hydrogen bond cutinase heteronuclear 3D NMR protein resonance assignment secondary structure |
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