1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic studies of the ferriheme resonances of three low-spin complexes of wild-type nitrophorin 2 and nitrophorin 2(V24E) as a function of pH.

ABSTRACT: The ferriheme resonances of the low-spin (S = 1/2) complexes of wild-type (wt) nitrophorin 2 (NP2) and its heme pocket mutant NP2(V24E) with imidazole (ImH), histamine (Hm), and cyanide (CN(-)) as the sixth ligand have been investigated by NMR spectroscopy as a function of pH (4.0-7.5). For the three wt NP2 complexes, the ratio of the two possible heme orientational isomers, A and B, remains almost unchanged (ratio of A:B approximately 1:6 to 1:5) over this wide pH range. However, strong chemical exchange cross peaks appear in the nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy/exchange spectroscopy (NOESY/EXSY) spectra for the heme methyl resonances at low pH (pH* 4.0-5.5), which indicate chemical exchange between two species. We have shown these to be two different exogenous ImH or Hm orientation

SUBMITTER: Yang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2847153 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature