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ArticleScientific reports2016

Structural transitions in full-length human prion protein detected by xenon as probe and spin labeling of the N-terminal domain.

Sunilkumar Puthenpurackal Narayanan, Divya Gopalakrishnan Nair, Daniel Schaal, Marisa Barbosa de Aguiar, Sabine Wenzel, Werner Kremer, Stephan Schwarzinger, Hans Robert Kalbitzer

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sunilkumar Puthenpurackal NarayananInstitute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Divya Gopalakrishnan NairInstitute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Daniel SchaalResearch Center for Bio-Macromolecules and Department of Biopolymers, NW1/BGI, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.
Marisa Barbosa de AguiarInstitute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Sabine WenzelResearch Center for Bio-Macromolecules and Department of Biopolymers, NW1/BGI, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.
Werner KremerInstitute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Stephan SchwarzingerResearch Center for Bio-Macromolecules and Department of Biopolymers, NW1/BGI, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.
Hans Robert KalbitzerInstitute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
University of Regensburg · DEUniversity of Bayreuth · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatal neurodegenerative disorders termed transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are associated with the accumulation of fibrils of misfolded prion protein PrP. The noble gas xenon accommodates into four transiently enlarged hydrophobic cavities located in the well-folded core of human PrP(23-230) as detected by [(1)H, (15)N]-HSQC spectroscopy. In thermal equilibrium a fifth xenon binding site is formed transiently by amino acids A120 to L125 of the presumably disordered N-terminal domain and by amino acids K185 to T193 of the well-folded domain. Xenon bound PrP was modelled by restraint molecular dynamics. The individual microscopic and macroscopic dissociation constants could be derived by fitting the data to a model including a dynamic opening and closing of the cavities. As observed earlier by high pressure NMR spectroscopy xenon binding influences also other amino acids all over the N-terminal domain including residues of the AGAAAAGA motif indicating a structural coupling between the N-terminal domain and the core domain. This is in agreement with spin labelling experiments at positions 93 or 107 that show a transient interaction between the N-terminus and the start of helix 2 and the end of helix 3 of the core domain similar to that observed earlier by Zn(2+)-binding to the octarepeat motif.

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Amino Acid SequenceBinding SitesElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMolecular Dynamics SimulationNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularPrion ProteinsProtein BindingProtein Conformation, alpha-HelicalProtein Structure, TertiarySpin LabelsXenonPrion ProteinsSpin LabelsXenon

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