title: A binding site peptide fragment of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Sequence-specific assignment of 1H-NMR resonances in the dodecamer alpha 185-196.
abstract: The total sequence-specific 1H assignment for the alpha 185-peptide was accomplished by analysis of COSY spectra along with spin-decoupling and confirmatory NOE difference experiments. Some ambiguities in the assignments were successfully addressed utilizing additional peptides with selective amino acid substitutions. The chemical shifts of several of the C alpha H resonances, along with evidence for a slowly exchanging amide at Thr-191 suggest that the alpha 185-peptide may contain a certain amount of non-random coil structure. The role of any such ordered structure in the mechanism of binding to alpha-bungarotoxin remains to be determined. The assignment of the peptide 1H resonances will facilitate the analysis and identification of chemical shift perturbations observed upon formation of the complex between alpha-bungarotoxin and the alpha 185-peptide [7].
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: G Q
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Armitage
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hawrot
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002038:Bungarotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000378:metabolism; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000378:metabolism; D014101:Torpedo
chemical_list: D002038:Bungarotoxins; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; C064948:nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, Torpedo, alpha-subunit 185-196