Ultra-high field NMR studies of antibody binding and site-specific phosphorylation of alpha-synuclein

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Nov 23;363(3):795-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.09.048. Epub 2007 Sep 21.

Abstract

Although biological importance of intrinsically disordered proteins is becoming recognized, NMR analyses of this class of proteins remain as tasks with more challenge because of poor chemical shift dispersion. It is expected that ultra-high field NMR spectroscopy offers improved resolution to cope with this difficulty. Here, we report an ultra-high field NMR study of alpha-synuclein, an intrinsically disordered protein identified as the major component of the Lewy bodies. Based on NMR spectral data collected at a 920 MHz proton frequency, we performed epitope mapping of an anti-alpha-synuclein monoclonal antibody, and furthermore, characterized conformational effects of phosphorylation at Ser129 of alpha-synuclein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / metabolism*
  • Binding Sites
  • Epitope Mapping
  • Epitopes / immunology
  • Epitopes / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods*
  • Mutation
  • Phosphorylation
  • Serine / genetics
  • Serine / metabolism
  • alpha-Synuclein / genetics
  • alpha-Synuclein / immunology
  • alpha-Synuclein / metabolism*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Epitopes
  • alpha-Synuclein
  • Serine