Backbone-only protein solution structures with a combination of classical and paramagnetism-based constraints: a method that can be scaled to large molecules

Chemphyschem : a European Journal of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry
Renato BarbieriGiacomo Parigi

Abstract

Herein, it is shown that a medium-resolution solution structure of a protein can be obtained with the sole assignment of the protein backbone and backbone-related constriants if a derivative with a firmly bound paramagnetic metal is available. The proof-of-concept is provided on calbindin D9k, a calcium binding protein in which one of the two calcium ions can be selectively substituted by a paramagnetic lanthanide ion. The constraints used are HN (and Ha) nuclear Overhauser effects (NOEs), hydrogen bonds, dihedral angle constriants from chemical shifts, and the following paramagnetism-based constraints: 1) pseudocontact shifts, acquired by substituting one (or more) lanthanide(s) in the C-terminal calcium binding site; 2) N-HN residual dipolar couplings due to self-orientation induced by the paramagnetic lanthanide(s); 3) cross-correlations between the Curie and internuclear dipole-dipole interactions; and 4) paramagnetism-induced relaxation rate enhancements. An upper distance limit for internuclear distances between any two backbone atoms was also given according to the molecular weight of the protein. For this purpose, the paramagnetism-based constraints were collectively implemented in the program CYANA for solution structu...Continue Reading

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