Molecular mobility and structure of elastin deduced from the solvent and temperature dependence of 13C magnetic resonance relaxation data.

Biochemistry
J R Lyerla, D A Torchia

Abstract

13C relaxation parameters, T1, line width, and NOE, have been determined for backbone carbons of ligamentum nuchae elastin swollen by 0.15 M NaCl, 0.15 M NaCl-formamide, 0.15 M NaCl-ethanol, dimethyl sulfoxide, and formamide. The data have been analyzed in terms of (a) a single correlation time model and (b) a model employing a log-chi2 distribution of correlation times used by Schaefer (1973) to analyze solid cis-polyisoprene 13C relaxation data. Employing the latter mode, one obtains an approximately self-consistent quantitative analysis of all the elastin data. An average backbone correlation time, tau, of ca. 2 nsec is calculated for elastin swollen in the presence of polar organic solvents at 37 degrees, in approximate agreement with tau of 0.4 nsec obtained for bulk cis-polyisoprene at 35 degrees. The influence of solvent and temperature on elastin spectra indicate that the larger tau value (approximately 80 nsec) obtained for elastin swollen by 0.15 M NaCl at 37 degrees is a consequence of weak interchain polar and hydrophobic interactions, a result which is in accord with the reported viscoelastic behavior exhibited by water-swollen elastin at 37 degrees. The results obtained further suggest that Gly, Pro, and Val resid...Continue Reading

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