title: 1H NMR assignment and secondary structural elements of human transforming growth factor alpha.
abstract: The 1H NMR spectrum of human transforming growth factor alpha (hTGF-alpha) has been completely assigned, and secondary structural elements have been identified as a preliminary step in determining the structure of this protein by distance geometry methods. Many of these structural elements closely correspond to those previously found in a truncated human EGF [Cooke et al. (1987) Nature (London) 327, 339-341] and murine EGF [Montelione et al. (1987) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84, 5226-5230]. These include the presence of an antiparallel beta-sheet between residues G19 and C34 with a type I beta-turn at V25-D28, a type II beta-turn at H35-Y38, and another short beta-sheet between residues Y38-V39 and H45-A46.
authors.affiliation: Smith Kline & French Laboratories, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-0939.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Jeffs
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors
chemical_list: D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D006859:Hydrogen