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Trifluoroethanol stabilizes a helix-turn-helix motif in equine infectious-anemia-virus trans-activator protein

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Sticht, Heinrich ; Willbold, Dieter ; Ejchart, Andrzej ; Rosin-Arbesfeld, Rina ; Yaniv, Abraham ; Gazit, Arnona ; Rösch, Paul:
Trifluoroethanol stabilizes a helix-turn-helix motif in equine infectious-anemia-virus trans-activator protein.
In: European Journal of Biochemistry. Bd. 225 (1994) Heft 3 . - S. 855-861.
ISSN 1432-1033
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.0855b.x

Abstract

The solution structure of the 75-amino-acid trans-activator (Tat) protein of the equine infectious-anemia virus in trifluoroethanol-containing solution was determined by two-dimensional and three-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, resulting in a total of 838 nuclear-Over-hauser-enhancement distance restraints, and restrained molecular-dynamics simulations. In contrast to the recently determined structure of this protein in trifluoroethanol-free pH 6.3 solution, the hydrophobic core and the adjacent basic RNA-binding region of the protein showed well-defined alpha-helical secondary structure in trifluoroethanol-containing solution. The helical regions comprise those parts of the molecule whose helix-forming tendencies were noted earlier in trifluoroethanol-free solution. Two helices (Gln38-Arg43 and Asp48-Ala64) are connected by a tight type-II turn centered at the strictly conserved Gly46 leading to a helix-turn-helix motif in the core and basic region of the protein. A third helix (Thr9-Asn13) is located in the less well defined N-terminal part of the protein. These observations may support the notion that the protein adopts a helical structure in the RNA-binding region on complex formation. Although the secondary-structure elements become better defined in trifluoroethanol-containing solution, the opposite is true for the hydrophobically stabilized tertiary structure. This adds a caveat to studies of protein structures in trifluoroethanol-containing solution in general.

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Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Ehemalige Professoren > Lehrstuhl Biopolymere - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch
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Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Ehemalige Professoren
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Biologie, Chemie und Geowissenschaften > Fachgruppe Chemie > Lehrstuhl Biochemie mit Schwerpunkt Biophysikalische Chemie
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 540 Chemie
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
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Letzte Änderung: 31 Mär 2022 13:20
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/46852