MAPping the chiral inversion and structural transformation of a metal-tripeptide complex having ni-superoxide dismutase activity.
Inorg Chem
; 50(6): 2479-87, 2011 Mar 21.
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ABSTRACT
The metal abstraction peptide (MAP) tag is a tripeptide sequence capable of abstracting a metal ion from a chelator and binding it with extremely high affinity at neutral pH. Initial studies on the nickel-bound form of the complex demonstrate that the tripeptide asparagine-cysteine-cysteine (NCC) binds metal with 2N2S, square planar geometry and behaves as both a structural and functional mimic of Ni superoxide dismutase (Ni-SOD). Electronic absorption, circular dichroism (CD), and magnetic CD (MCD) data collected for Ni-NCC are consistent with a diamagnetic Ni(II) center. It is apparent from the CD signal of Ni-NCC that the optical activity of the complex changes over time. Mass spectrometry data show that the mass of the complex is unchanged. Combined with the CD data, this suggests that chiral rearrangement of the complex occurs. Following incubation of the nickel-containing peptide in D(2)O and back-exchange into H(2)O, incorporation of deuterium into non-exchangeable positions is observed, indicating chiral inversion occurs at two of the α carbon atoms in the peptide. Control peptides were used to further characterize the chirality of the final nickel-peptide complex, and density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed to validate the hypothesized position of the chiral inversions. In total, these data indicate Ni-SOD activity is increased proportionally to the degree of structural change in the complex over time. Specifically, the relationship between the change in CD signal and change in SOD activity is linear.
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Oligopeptídeos
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Compostos Organometálicos
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Superóxido Dismutase
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Níquel
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En
Ano de publicação:
2011
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