title: Sequence-specific 1H NMR assignments and secondary structure of eglin c.
abstract: Sequence-specific nuclear magnetic resonance assignments were obtained for eglin c, a polypeptide inhibitor of the granulocytic proteinases elastase and cathepsin G and some other proteinases. The protein consists of a single polypeptide chain of 70 residues. All proton resonances were assigned except for some labile protons of arginine side chains. The patterns of nuclear Overhauser enhancements and coupling constants and the observation of slow hydrogen exchange were used to characterize the secondary structure of the protein. The results indicate that the solution structure of the free inhibitor is very similar to the crystal structure reported for the same protein in the complex with subtilisin Carlsberg. However, a part of the binding loop seems to have a significantly different conformation in the free protein.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Research Division, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Hyberts
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wagner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors; D015843:Serpins
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors; D015843:Serpins; C028656:eglin proteinase inhibitors