Application of millisecond time-resolved solid state NMR to the kinetics and mechanism of melittin self-assembly | Zendy

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Application of millisecond time-resolved solid state NMR to the kinetics and mechanism of melittin self-assembly

Author(s) -

Jaekyun Jeon,

Kent R. Thurber,

Rodolfo Ghirlando,

WaiMing Yau,

Robert Tycko

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.1908006116

Subject(s) - melittin , chemistry , protein folding , crystallography , antiparallel (mathematics) , peptide , molecular dynamics , biophysics , millisecond , folding (dsp implementation) , computational chemistry , biochemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , astronomy , magnetic field , biology , electrical engineering , engineering

Significance Many biological processes involve major changes in the structures and assembly states of proteins and other biopolymers. This paper describes an approach to characterizing such processes with millisecond time resolution, based on rapid mixing to prepare an initial structural state, rapid freezing to trap intermediate states, and low-temperature solid-state NMR (enhanced by dynamic nuclear polarization) to probe the structure at successive time points. Results of experiments on melittin, a peptide from bee venom, show that melittin adopts a helical conformation and forms antiparallel dimers on the same timescale (6 to 9 ms). Full structural order within melittin tetramers develops more slowly (roughly 60 ms).

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