title: The secondary structure of two recombinant human growth factors, platelet-derived growth factor and basic fibroblast growth factor, as determined by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.
abstract: The secondary structures of two recombinant human growth factors, platelet-derived growth factor and the basic fibroblast growth factor, have been quantitatively examined by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. These studies, carried out in D2O, focus on the conformation-sensitive amide I region. Resolution enhancement techniques, including Fourier self-deconvolution and derivative spectroscopy, were combined with band fitting techniques to quantitate the spectral information from the broad, overlapped amide I band. The results presented here indicate that both proteins are rich in beta-structures. The remainder of the platelet-derived growth factor exists largely as irregular or disordered conformations with a moderate amount of alpha-helix and a small portion of reverse turns. By contrast, the basic fibroblast growth factor is much richer in reverse turn structures and contains a lesser portion of irregularly folded or disordered structures. Based on circular dichroism studies which indicate no alpha-helix in bFGF, components near 1655 cm-1 in the bFGF spectra are tentatively assigned to loops. The results of this study emphasize the need for using a combination of circular dichroism and infrared studies for spectroscopic characterization of protein secondary structure.
authors.affiliation: Protein Chemistry Department, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California 91320.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Prestrelski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Kenney
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Byler
mesh_terms: D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2