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Protein Science, Vol 7, Issue 7 1506-1515, Copyright © 1998 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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A conformational equilibrium in a protein fragment caused by two consecutive capping boxes: (1)H-, (13)C-NMR, and mutational analysis

R. GUEROIS, F. CORDIER-OCHSENBEIN, F. BALEUX, T. HUYNH-DINH, J. M. NEUMANN and A. SANSON
Departement de Biologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, Section de Biophysique des Proteines et des Membranes, URA CNRS 2096, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France

The conformational properties of an 18 residues peptide spanning the entire sequence, L(1)KTPA(5)QFDAD(10)ELRAA(15)MKG, of the first helix (A-helix) of domain 2 of annexin I, were thoroughly investigated. This fragment exhibits several singular features, and in particular, two successive potential capping boxes, T(3)xxQ(6) and D(8)xxE(11). The former corresponds to the native hydrogen bond network stabilizing the {alpha} helix N-terminus in the protein; the latter is a non-native capping box able to break the helix at residue D(8), and is observed in the domain 2 partially folded state. Using 2D-NMR techniques, we showed that two main populations of conformers coexist in aqueous solution. The first corresponds to a single helix extending from T(3) to K(17). The second corresponds to a broken helix at residue D(8). Four mutants, T3A, F7A, D8A, and E11A, were designed to further analyze the role of key amino acids in the equilibrium between the two ensembles of conformers. The sensitivity of NMR parameters to account for the variations in the populations of conformers was evaluated for each peptide. Our data show the {delta}(13)C({alpha}) chemical shift to be the most relevant parameter. We used it to estimate the population ratio in the various peptides between the two main ensembles of conformers, the full helix and the broken helix. For the WT, E11A, and F7A peptides, these ratios are respectively 35/65, 60/40, 60/40. Our results were compared to the data obtained from helix/coil transition algorithms.
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