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Bicelle-based liquid crystals for NMR-measurement of dipolar couplings at acidic and basic pH values.

Marcel Ottiger, +1 more
- 01 Feb 1999 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 2, pp 187-191
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15N-1H dipolar couplings measured for ubiquitin over the 2.3–10.4pH range indicate that this protein retains a backbone conformation which is very similar to its structure at pH 6.5 over this entire range.
Abstract
It is demonstrated that mixtures of ditetradecyl-phosphatidylcholine or didodecyl-phoshatidylcholine and dihexyl-phosphatidylcholine in water from lyotropic liquid crystalline phases under similar conditions as previously reported for bicelles consisting of dimyristoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and dihexanoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DHPC). The carboxy-ester bonds present in DMPC and DHPC are replaced by ether linkages in their alkyl analogs, which prevents acid- or base-catalyzed hydrolysis of these compounds. 15N-1H dipolar couplings measured for ubiquitin over the 2.3-10.4 pH range indicate that this protein retains a backbone conformation which is very similar to its structure at pH 6.5 over this entire range.

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Structure of ubiquitin refined at 1.8 A resolution.

TL;DR: The crystal structure of human erythrocytic ubiquitin has been refined at 1.8 A resolution using a restrained least-squares procedure and features a number of unusual secondary structural features, including a parallel G1 beta-bulge, two reverse Asx turns, and a symmetrical hydrogen-bonding region that involves the two helices and two of the reverse turns.
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