title: Determination of the solution structure of a platelet-adhesion peptide of von Willebrand factor.
abstract: Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in combination with distance geometry (DG) and dynamical simulated annealing (DSA) calculations have been used to determine the tertiary solution structure of a synthetic 29-residue fragment of von Willebrand factor (vWF). This fragment (D514-E542) represents an adhesion site on vWF for its platelet receptor, the glycoprotein Ib-IX complex (GP Ib-IX). The NMR data yielded 109 interproton distance measurements and two chi 1 dihedral angle constraints for use in DG and DSA calculations. Most prominent in the calculated family of solution structures was an amphipathic, right-handed alpha-helix in the C-terminal segment of the peptide. We propose that this highly structured region may be important for the specific molecular interaction of vWF with the GP Ib-IX complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Knott
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Berndt
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Kralicek
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012996:Solutions; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D014841:von Willebrand Factor