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Comparative structure analysis of tyrosine and valine residues in unprocessed silk fibroin (silk I) and in the processed silk fiber (silk II) from Bombyx mori using solid-state (13)C,(15)N, and (2)H NMR.

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Title Comparative structure analysis of tyrosine and valine residues in unprocessed silk fibroin (silk I) and in the processed silk fiber (silk II) from Bombyx mori using solid-state (13)C,(15)N, and (2)H NMR.
 
Creator Asakura, Tetsuo
Sugino, Rena
Yao, Juming
Takashima, Hidehiko
Kishore, Raghuvansh
 
Subject QD Chemistry
 
Description The solid-state (13)C CP-MAS NMR spectra of biosynthetically labeled [(13)C(alpha)]Tyr, [(13)C(beta)]Tyr, and [(13)C(alpha)]Val silk fibroin samples of Bombyx mori, in silk I (the solid-state structure before spinning) and silk II (the solid-state structure after spinning) forms, have been examined to gain insight into the conformational preferences of the semicrystalline regions. To establish the relationship between the primary structure of B. mori silk fibroin and the "local" structure, the conformation-dependent (13)C chemical shift contour plots for Tyr C(alpha), Tyr C(beta), and Val C(alpha) carbons were generated from the atomic coordinates of high-resolution crystal structures of 40 proteins and their characteristic (13)C isotropic NMR chemical shifts. From comparison of the observed Tyr C(alpha) and Tyr C(beta) chemical shifts with those predicted by the contour plots, there is strong evidence in favor of an antiparallel beta-sheet structure of the Tyr residues in the silk fibroin fibers. On the other hand, Tyr residues take a random coil conformation in the fibroin film with a silk I form. The Val residues are likely to assume a structure similar to those of Tyr residues in silk fiber and film. Solid-state (2)H NMR measurements of [3,3-(2)H(2)]Tyr-labeled B. mori silk fibroin indicate that the local mobility of the backbone and the C(alpha)-C(beta) bond is essentially "static" in both silk I and silk II forms. The orientation-dependent (i.e., parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field) solid-state (15)N NMR spectra of biosynthetically labeled [(15)N]Tyr and [(15)N]Val silk fibers reveal the presence of highly oriented semicrystalline regions.
 
Publisher ACS Publications
 
Date 2002-04-02
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://crdd.osdd.net/open/890/1/kishore2002.pdf
Asakura, Tetsuo and Sugino, Rena and Yao, Juming and Takashima, Hidehiko and Kishore, Raghuvansh (2002) Comparative structure analysis of tyrosine and valine residues in unprocessed silk fibroin (silk I) and in the processed silk fiber (silk II) from Bombyx mori using solid-state (13)C,(15)N, and (2)H NMR. Biochemistry, 41 (13). pp. 4415-24. ISSN 0006-2960
 
Relation http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bi0119013
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