PMID: 8962641Mar 1, 1996Paper

Structural analysis of the carboxyl terminal peptide from human chorionic gonadotropin beta-subunit by two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology : AJRI
E P RockA Milon

Abstract

Vaccines that target human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) might be made more effective through greater understanding of the solution three-dimensional structure and behavior of the hormone. A 37-amino acid carboxyl terminal peptide of the hCG beta subunit was synthesized, purified, and analyzed by two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Double-quantum filtered correlated spectroscopy data on the peptide in water at 4 degrees C reveals 27 multiplets in the peptide fingerprint region, as expected. A nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy spectrum shows several intraresidual peaks in the amide region but lacks clearly assignable interresidual signals. By itself in water the carboxyl terminal peptide of hCG lacks defined secondary structure elements and is thus likely a random coil. The presence of beta turns appears possible although neither their existence nor their localization can be confirmed.

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