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The structure and dynamics in solution of Cu(I) pseudoazurin from Paracoccus pantotrophus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

GARY S. THOMPSON
Affiliation:
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
YUN-CHUNG LEUNG
Affiliation:
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom Present address: Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
STUART J. FERGUSON
Affiliation:
Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
SHEENA E. RADFORD
Affiliation:
School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
CHRISTINA REDFIELD
Affiliation:
Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QT, United Kingdom
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Abstract

The solution structure and backbone dynamics of Cu(I) pseudoazurin, a 123 amino acid electron transfer protein from Paracoccus pantotrophus, have been determined using NMR methods. The structure was calculated to high precision, with a backbone RMS deviation for secondary structure elements of 0.35 ± 0.06 Å, using 1,498 distance and 55 torsion angle constraints. The protein has a double-wound Greek-key fold with two α-helices toward its C-terminus, similar to that of its oxidized counterpart determined by X-ray crystallography. Comparison of the Cu(I) solution structure with the X-ray structure of the Cu(II) protein shows only small differences in the positions of some of the secondary structure elements. Order parameters S2, measured for amide nitrogens, indicate that the backbone of the protein is rigid on the picosecond to nanosecond timescale.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
2000 The Protein Society

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