title: The solution structure of human endothelin-2 a 1H-NMR and CD study.
abstract: The solution structure of the vasoactive endogenous 21-amino-acid human endothelin-2 has been determined by NMR and CD techniques, in a mixed solvent of 100 mM aqueous acetic acid and 25% (by vol.) 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol. From NMR-derived restraints on upper limit distances and dihedral angles, distance geometry structures were calculated using the program DADAS90, and refined by simulated annealing in X-PLOR. The structure of endothelin-2 consists of an alpha-helix of residues 9 to 17, orientated anti-parallel to a short beta-strand of residues 1 to 3, linked together by a possible beta-turn type I of residues 5-8. These secondary structural elements are stabilised and positioned by two disulphide bonds between residues 1 and 15, and 3 and 11, respectively. The average root mean square deviation over residues 1-17 of 15 accepted low-energy conformers chosen to reflect the solution structure of endothelin-2, was 0.73 A for the backbone and 1.41 A for all heavy atoms. The data on endothelin-2 will be discussed and compared with what has been published on other endothelin/sarafotoxin peptides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomolecules, National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arvidsson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nemoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mitsui
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D019333:Endothelin-2 / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011522:Protons; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D019333:Endothelin-2; D011522:Protons; D012996:Solutions