title: Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of a ras p21-MnIIGDP complex in solution.
abstract: The number of water molecules bound to Mn2+ in the complex with a variant of Ha ras p21 and GDP has been determined by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) measurements in 17O-enriched water. A resolution enhancement method has been used to improve quantitation of the spectral data. These spectroscopic measurements show that Mn2+ has four water ligands in this complex, a result in agreement with the conclusions of a previous paper [Smithers, G. W., Poe, M., Latwesen, D. G., & Reed, G. H. (1990) Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 280, 416-420]. The resolution enhancement method has also been applied in a measurement of the 17O-Mn2+ superhyperfine coupling constant of 17O in the beta-phosphate of the GDP in the ras p21 complex. The intrinsically narrow EPR signals of Mn2+ in the complex with ras p21 and GDP in 2H2O respond to resolution enhancement such that the superhyperfine splitting from the 17O nuclear spin (I = 5/2) becomes visible in the EPR signals. An 17O-Mn2+ superhyperfine coupling constant is obtained from simulation of the resolution-enhanced EPR spectrum.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Enzyme Research, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Latwesen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poe
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Leigh
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005583:Fourier Analysis; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate / Q000737:chemistry*; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras) / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D006153:Guanosine Diphosphate; D008345:Manganese; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras)