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- Title
Proximity of two tryptophan residues in dihydrofolate reductase determined by <sup>19</sup>F NMR.
- Authors
KIMBER, B. J.; FEENEY, J.; ROBERTS, G. C. K.; BIRDSALL, B.; GRIFFITHS, D. V.; BURGEN, A. S. V.; SYKES, B. D.
- Abstract
NUCLEAR magnetic resonance methods have provided a wealth of information on the conformational and ligand-binding properties of proteins1-3. In such studies, it is necessary to resolve resonances from the ligand or from individual residues of the protein. To achieve this, it is often necessary to resort to isotopic substitution methods such as selective deuteration4,5 or 13C enrichment6-8. An alternative approach is to introduce a fluorine atom (19F) into the system as an NMR probe, either by using fluorine-containing ligands9-11 or by labelling the protein itself. This can be done either by chemical modification12-15 or by the biosynthetic incorporation of selected fluorinated amino acids16-19. We have used this latter approach to prepare Lactobacillus casei dihydrofolate reductase containing either 3-fluoro-tyrosine or 6-fluorotryptophan residues; by measuring the 19F spectra at 94.1 MHz we have characterised the effects of ligand binding on individual tyrosine and tryptophan residues in the protein19. We now report through-space 19F-19F spin-spin coupling in 6-fluorotryptophan containing dihydrofolate reductase which demonstrates that two of the tryptophan residues are in close proximity in the folded structure of the protein.
- Publication
Nature, 1978, Vol 271, Issue 5641, p184
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/271184a0