Figure 7
NMR evidence for slow conformational exchange between several locally different conformations formed by the polypeptide segment 36–39 (see also Fig. 6c) and for the coexistence of two conformational species with distinct NMR signals for the polypeptide segments 64–66 and 101–104 (see also Fig. 8). (a) 2D [15N,1H]-HSQC spectrum of a 0.9 mM solution of NP_247299.1 recorded at 800 MHz and 313 K. The cross-peaks of the residues involved in the aforementioned conformational polymorphisms are identified with the following color code: blue, residues 36–39 and, for reference, Glu77, Ala81 and Val86 [see (b) and (c) below]; red, residues 64–66 and 101–103, which all show two signals (see Fig. 8). (b, c) NMR line-shape analysis reveals slow conformational exchange between the different conformations of the polypeptide segment 36–39 shown in Fig. 6(c). (b) and (c) show cross-sections along ω2(1H) and ω1(15N), respectively, illustrating pronounced line broadening of the cross-peaks belonging to Lys36 (red), Ser37 (blue), Thr38 (green) and Lys39 (magenta) when compared with the reference peaks of Glu77 (black), Ala81 (black dashed line) and Val86 (black dashed/dotted line). |