1YPC

DIRECT OBSERVATION OF BETTER HYDRATION AT THE N-TERMINUS OF AN ALPHA-HELIX WITH GLYCINE RATHER THAN ALANINE AS N-CAP

1YPC の概要

• エントリーDOI: 10.2210/pdb1ypc/pdb
• 分子名称: CHYMOTRYPSIN INHIBITOR 2 (2 entities in total)
• 機能のキーワード: proteinase inhibitor(chymotrypsin)
• 由来する生物種: Hordeum vulgare
• タンパク質・核酸の鎖数: 1
• 化学式量合計: 7197.55

構造登録者

Harpaz, Y.,Elmasry, N.,Fersht, A.R.,Henrick, K. (登録日: 1993-01-10, 公開日: 1994-01-31, 最終更新日: 2024-02-14)

主引用文献

Harpaz, Y.,Elmasry, N.,Fersht, A.R.,Henrick, K.
Direct observation of better hydration at the N terminus of an alpha-helix with glycine rather than alanine as the N-cap residue.
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA, 91:311-315, 1994

PubMed Abstract: The structural basis for the stability of N termini of helices has been analyzed by thermodynamic and crystallographic studies of three suitably engineered mutants of the barley chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 with Ser, Gly, or Ala at the N-cap position (residue 31). Each mutant has a well-organized shell of hydration of the terminal NH groups of the helix. The three structures are virtually superimposable (rms separations for all atoms, including the common water molecules, are 0.15-0.17 A) and show neither changes in conformation at the site of substitution nor changes in the crystal packing. The only changes on going from Ser-31 to Ala-31 to Gly-31 are in the position of a water molecule (Wat-116). This is bound to the Ser-O gamma atom in the Ser-31 structure but is in a weak hydrogen bonding position with the NH of residue 34 (O ... N = 3.28 A) in the Ala-31 mutant, partly replacing the strong Ser-31-O gamma ... N34 hydrogen bond (O ... N = 2.65 A). The corresponding water molecule completely replaces the Ser hydroxyl hydrogen bond to N34 on mutation to Gly (2.74 A). The only other change between the three structures is an additional water molecule in the Ala-31 structure (Wat-150) that partly compensates for the weak Wat-116 ... N34 hydrogen bond. Perturbation of solvation by the side chain of Ala is consistent with earlier hypotheses on the importance of exposure of the termini of helices to the aqueous solvent.

PubMed: 8278384
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.1.311

実験手法

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.7 Å)