title: Sequence-specific 1H NMR assignments, secondary structure, and location of the calcium binding site in the first epidermal growth factor like domain of blood coagulation factor IX.
abstract: Factor IX is a blood clotting protein that contains three regions, including a gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) domain, two tandemly connected epidermal growth factor like (EGF-like) domains, and a serine protease region. The protein exhibits a high-affinity calcium binding site in the first EGF-like domain, in addition to calcium binding in the Gla domain. The first EGF-like domain, factor IX (45-87), has been synthesized. Sequence-specific resonance assignment of the peptide has been made by using 2D NMR techniques, and its secondary structure has been determined. The protein is found to have two antiparallel beta-sheets, and preliminary distance geometry calculations indicate that the protein has two domains, separated by Trp28, with the overall structure being similar to that of EGF. An NMR investigation of the calcium-bound first EGF-like domain indicates the presence and location of a calcium binding site involving residues on both strands of one of the beta-sheets as well as the N-terminal region of the peptide. These results suggest that calcium binding in the first EGF-like domain could induce long-range (possibly interdomain) conformational changes in factor IX, rather than causing structural alterations in the EGF-like domain itself.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, New York, New York 10021.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pardi
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tam
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Sweeney
mesh_terms: D015055:1-Carboxyglutamic Acid; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry; D005164:Factor IX / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D014364:Tryptophan
chemical_list: D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015055:1-Carboxyglutamic Acid; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D014364:Tryptophan; D005164:Factor IX; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D002118:Calcium