Two-dimensional 1H NMR studies of Ca(II)-binding site in proteins using paramagnetic lanthanides(III) as probes and Yb(III)-substituted bovine α-lactalbumin as an example
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 581 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-1581
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Substitution of Yb^3+^ for the Ca^2+^ in bovine α‐lactalbumin affords a derivative that gives rise to several isotropically shifted ^1^H NMR signals in the range 80 to − 35 ppm in D~2~O. Despite the broadness of the isotropically shifted features, cross signals in both NOESY and COSY spectra have been detected. Several Asp residues in the metal‐binding loop can be recognized in the 2D ^1^H NMR spectra of this derivative, showing cross signals among the protons of a C~β~H~2~C~α~H moiety. This paper reports 2D ^1^H NMR studies of a paramagnetic lanthanide(III)‐substituted Ca^2+^−containing protein that may serve as a model for future NMR studies of other biochemically significant Ca^2+^ proteins.