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Relationship between α-helical propensity and formation of the ribonuclease-S complex
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Relationship between α-helical propensity and formation of the ribonuclease-S complex

Ben M. Dunn and Irwin M. Chaiken
Journal of molecular biology, v 95(4), pp 497-511
1975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2836(75)90313-7
PMID: 1152063

Abstract

Variant semisynthetic ribonuclease-S complexes were characterized in which the helical glutamic acid 9 residue was replaced by either leucine or glycine. The Leu-9 and Gly-9 synthetic peptides, corresponding otherwise to residues 1 through 15 of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease, were studied with respect to the ability to bind, and generate enzymic activity, with the complementary native protein fragment containing residues 21 through 124 of ribonuclease (RNAase-S-(21–124)). Both the Leu and Gly peptides bind to the RNAase-S-(21–124) to yield complexes with catalytic properties similar to those obtained with the Glu-9-containing peptide of residues 1 through 20 of ribonuclease (RNAase-S-(1–20)). However, whereas the binding affinity of Leu peptide to RNAase-S-(21–124) is only a factor of three less than that for RNAase-S-(1–20), that for Gly peptide is about 20-fold less than that for RNAase-S-(1–20). The stronger binding of Leu than Gly peptide corresponds to the observed propensity of leucine but not glycine for the α-helical conformation in globular proteins. In spite of the weakened affinity of the Gly peptide for RNAase-S-(21–124), it is essentially fully as capable as the Leu-9 and RNAase-S-(1–20) peptides in directing the re-formation of correct disulfide-containing conformation of RNAase-S-(21–124) after disulfide randomization of the latter.

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