Solution structure and dynamics of bovine beta-lactoglobulin A

Protein Sci. 1999 Nov;8(11):2541-5. doi: 10.1110/ps.8.11.2541.

Abstract

Using heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy, we studied the solution structure and dynamics of bovine beta-lactoglobulin A at pH 2.0 and 45 degrees C, where the protein exists as a monomeric native state. The monomeric NMR structure, comprising an eight-stranded continuous antiparallel beta-barrel and one major alpha-helix, is similar to the X-ray dimeric structure obtained at pH 6.2, including betaI-strand that forms the dimer interface and loop EF that serves as a lid of the interior hydrophobic hole. [1H]-15N NOE revealed that betaF, betaG, and betaH strands buried under the major alpha-helix are rigid on a pico- to nanosecond time scale and also emphasized rapid fluctuations of loops and the N- and C-terminal regions.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Genetic Variation
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Lactoglobulins / chemistry*
  • Lactoglobulins / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Solutions

Substances

  • Lactoglobulins
  • Solutions

Associated data

  • PDB/1CJ5