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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
Leu-enkephalin, [D-Ala2]Leu-enkephalin, and [D-Ala2]Leu-enkephalinamide (agonists) and [L-Ala2]Leu-enkephalin (inactive analogue) bind to lipid bilayer consisting of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine. The conformations that these compounds assume, once bound to perdeuterated phospholipid bilayer, have been shown to be unique, as shown by the transferred nuclear Overhauser effect (TRNOE) of 1H NMR spectroscopy. In addition, their location in the bilayer was analyzed by TRNOE in the presence of spin-labeled phospholipids. These analyses showed a clear relationship between the activity and the peptide-membrane interaction. The three active peptides, when bound to membranes, adopt the same conformation, characterized by a type II' beta-turn around Gly3-Phe4 and a gamma-turn around Gly2 (or D-Ala2). The inactive analogue, [L-Ala2]Leu-enkephalin, displayed a completely different TRNOE pattern corresponding to a different conformation in the membrane-bound state. The tyrosine residue of the active compounds is not inserted into the interior of membrane, but it is inserted into the bilayer for the L-Ala2 analogue. According to these results, [L-Ala2]Leu-enkephalin may be explained to be inactive because the mode of binding to the membranes is different from that of active compounds.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
65-75
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Transferred nuclear Overhauser effect analyses of membrane-bound enkephalin analogues by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance: correlation between activities and membrane-bound conformations.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't