Water-protein hydrogen exchange in the micro-crystalline protein crh as observed by solid state NMR spectroscopy

J Biomol NMR. 2005 Jul;32(3):195-207. doi: 10.1007/s10858-005-8073-y.

Abstract

We report site-resolved observation of hydrogen exchange in the micro-crystalline protein Crh. Our approach is based on the use of proton T2' -selective 1H-13C-13C correlation spectra for site-specific assignments of carbons nearby labile protein protons. We compare the proton T2' selective scheme to frequency selective water observation in deuterated proteins, and discuss the impacts of deuteration on 13C linewidths in Crh. We observe that in micro-crystalline proteins, solvent accessible hydroxyl and amino protons show comparable exchange rates with water protons as for proteins in solution, and that structural constraints, such as hydrogen bonding or solvent accessibility, more significantly reduce exchange rates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Bacterial Proteins / chemistry*
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Deuterium
  • Hydrogen
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / chemistry*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Water

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Water
  • Hydrogen
  • Deuterium
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System
  • phosphocarrier protein HPr