title: Exploring the molecular origins of protein dynamics in the active site of human carbonic anhydrase II.
abstract: We present three-pulse vibrational echo measurements of azide ion bound to the active site Zn of human carbonic anhydrase II (HCA II) and of two separate active-site mutants Thr199 --> Ala (T199A) and Leu198 --> Phe (L198F). Because structural motions of the protein active site influence the frequency of bound ligands, the differences in the time scales of the frequency-frequency correlation functions (FFCFs) obtained from global fits to each set of data allow us to make inferences about the time scales of the active site dynamics of HCA II. Surprisingly, the deletion of a potential electrostatic interaction in results in very little change in the FFCF, but the insertion of the bulky phenylalanine ring in causes much faster dynamics. We conclude that the fast, sub-picosecond time scale in the correlation function is attributable to hydrogen bond dynamics, and the slow, apparently static contribution is due to the conformational flexibility of Zn-bound azide in the active site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Optical Science and Technology Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. christopher-cheatum@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Jigar N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Bandaria
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vanderah
authors.forename: Amnon
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kohen
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cheatum
mesh_terms: D024402:Carbonic Anhydrase II / Q000737:chemistry*; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D006801:Humans; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008024:Ligands; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D024402:Carbonic Anhydrase II