Solution structure of human calcitonin in membrane-mimetic environment: the role of the amphipathic helix.
Proteins
; 32(3): 314-23, 1998 Aug 15.
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| ID: mdl-9715908
ABSTRACT
The 32 amino acid hormone human calcitonin was studied at pH 3.7 and 7.4 by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy in sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles at 310K. The secondary structure was obtained from nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY), 3JHNalpha coupling constants, and slowly exchanging amide data. Three-dimensional structures consistent with NMR data were generated by using distance geometry calculations. A set of 265 interproton distances derived from NOESY experiments, hydrogen-bond constraints obtained from amide exchange, and coupling constants were used. From the initial random conformations, 30 distance geometry structures with minimal violations were selected for further refinement with restrained energy minimization. In micelles, at both pHs, the hormone assumes an amphipathic alpha-helix from Leu9 to Phel6, followed by a type-I beta-turn between residues Phel6 and Phel9. From His20 onward the molecule is extended and no interaction with the helix was observed. The relevance of the amphipathic helix for the structure-activity relationship, the possible mechanisms of interaction with the receptor, as well as the formation of fibrillar aggregates, is discussed.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Calcitonina
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Proteins
Assunto da revista:
BIOQUIMICA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália