title: Symmetrical rearrangement of the cation-binding sites of parvalbumin upon Ca2+/Mg2+ exchange. A study by 1H 2D NMR.
abstract: Two forms of parvalbumin, i.e., the fully Ca-loaded form PaCa2 and the fully Mg-loaded form PaMg2, are investigated by 2D 1H NMR in solution. A detailed analysis of the resonances, which belong to residues involved in direct coordination of Ca2+ and Mg2+, establishes that the sixth ligand, a highly conserved Glu residue at the relative position 12 in both cation-binding sites CD and EF, undergoes a conformational rearrangement through a 120 degrees rotation of its side chain about the C alpha-C beta bond with PaMg2 adopting the less energetically favored g- conformation, as inferred from scalar coupling constants and dipole-dipole contacts measured on the COSY and NOESY spectra, respectively. Similarly, chemical shift effects, which selectively involve NH and C alpha H resonances (as well as side-chain resonances) in both CD and EF sites, point to a symmetrical behavior of both cation-binding sites upon Ca2+/Mg2+ exchange.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique URA 1111 Chimie des Médiateurs et Physico-Chimie des Interactions Biologiques, Faculté de Pharmacie, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Blancuzzi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padilla
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Parello
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavé
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001059:Apoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005971:Glutamates; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006859:Hydrogen; D008024:Ligands; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods; D010320:Parvalbumins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012487:Salmonidae
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D005971:Glutamates; D008024:Ligands; D010320:Parvalbumins; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D006859:Hydrogen; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium