Premium
Conformational Dynamics in the Core of Human Y145Stop Prion Protein Amyloid Probed by Relaxation Dispersion NMR
Author(s) -
Shan Matthew D.,
Theint Theint,
Mukhopadhyay Dwaipayan,
Surewicz Krystyna,
Surewicz Witold K.,
Marion Dominique,
Schanda Paul,
Jaroniec Christopher P.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.201800779
Subject(s) - chemistry , relaxation (psychology) , microsecond , population , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , dispersion (optics) , context (archaeology) , protein dynamics , excited state , crystallography , chemical physics , molecular dynamics , stereochemistry , computational chemistry , atomic physics , physics , optics , psychology , social psychology , paleontology , demography , astronomy , sociology , biology
Microsecond to millisecond timescale backbone dynamics of the amyloid core residues in Y145Stop human prion protein (PrP) fibrils were investigated by using 15 N rotating frame ( R 1ρ ) relaxation dispersion solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy over a wide range of spin‐lock fields. Numerical simulations enabled the experimental relaxation dispersion profiles for most of the fibril core residues to be modelled by using a two‐state exchange process with a common exchange rate of 1000 s −1 , corresponding to protein backbone motion on the timescale of 1 ms, and an excited‐state population of 2 %. We also found that the relaxation dispersion profiles for several amino acids positioned near the edges of the most structured regions of the amyloid core were better modelled by assuming somewhat higher excited‐state populations (∼5–15 %) and faster exchange rate constants, corresponding to protein backbone motions on the timescale of ∼100–300 μs. The slow backbone dynamics of the core residues were evaluated in the context of the structural model of human Y145Stop PrP amyloid.