title: Formation of intermolecular and intramolecular hydrogen bonds in histidine-binding protein J of Salmonella typhimurium upon binding L-histidine. A proton nuclear magnetic resonance study.
abstract: Histidine-binding protein J of Salmonella typhimurium has been chosen as a model system for a proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic investigation of binding protein-ligand interaction. This interaction is involved in the recognition step of the osmotic shock-sensitive active transport systems. When J protein binds L-histidine, four new, low-field, exchangeable proton resonances appear in the region +7 to +12 parts per million downfield from the water proton resonance (or +11.7 to +16.7 parts per million downfield from the methyl proton resonance of 2,2-dimethyl-2-silapentane-5-sulfonate). Due to their chemical shift range and other properties, they indicate the formation of both intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Experiments with 15N-labeled compounds confirm this conclusion. The specificity of the hydrogen-bond formation is demonstrated by observing the effects of substrate analogs, temperature, pH, and mutations on the exchangeable proton resonances. Proton-proton nuclear Overhauser effect measurements suggest that two of these exchangeable proton resonances (at +7.2 and +10.6 parts per million from H2O) are most likely from intramolecular hydrogen-bonded protons, while the other two (at +7.1 and +9.5 parts per million from H2O) are intermolecular hydrogen bonds. Our finding of L-histidine-induced hydrogen-bond formation in histidine-binding protein J in the solution state is an excellent demonstration of the production of specific conformational changes in a periplasmic binding protein upon binding of ligand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Buckel
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Cottam
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simplaceanu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ho
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006639:Histidine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008024:Ligands; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009154:Mutation; D033902:Periplasmic Binding Proteins; D011522:Protons; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008024:Ligands; D033902:Periplasmic Binding Proteins; D011522:Protons; C018963:histidine-binding protein; D006639:Histidine