NMR Structure of a de Novo Designed, Peptide 33mer with Two Distinct, Compact β-Sheet Folds
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 36 (17), 5245-5250
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi963064o
Abstract
A de novo designed 33-residue polypeptide folds as a compact beta-sheet sandwich tetramer in aqueous solution. NMR structural analysis shows that although monomer subunits have the same three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet fold, two equally populated conformational states are identified. Conformational heterogeneity arises from formation of two distinct dimer folds. Each dimer is formed by continuing the monomer beta-sheet into a six-stranded sheet similar to that found in alpha-chemokines. Dimer heterogeneity arises primarily from a two-residue shift in the alignment of interfacial strands. NOE-based conformational modeling has yielded well-defined structures for both dimer types. While the tetramer beta-sheet sandwich most probably results from association of hydrophobic surfaces from two amphipathic dimers, dimers could combine to form either two types of homotetramers and/or one heterotetramer composed of both dimer types. Even though interdimer NOEs could not be unambiguously identified to resolve this point, thermodynamic arguments based on observation of equal populations of both dimer types favor formation of heterotetramers.Keywords
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