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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy has been used extensively to probe structural changes in bacteriorthodopsin and other retinal proteins. However, the absence of a general method to assign bands to individual chemical groups in a protein has limited the application of this technique. While site-directed mutagenesis has been successful in special cases for such assignments, in general, this approach induces perturbations in the structure and function of the protein, thereby preventing unambiguous band assignments. A new approach has recently been reported (Sonar et al., Nature Struct. Biol. 1 (1994) 512-517) which involves cell-free expression of bacteriorhodopsin and site-directed isotope labeling (SDIL). We have now used this method to re-examine bands assigned in the bR-->M difference spectrum to tyrosine residues. Our results show that out of 11 tyrosines in bR, only Tyr 185 is structurally active. This work further demonstrates the power of SDIL and FTIR to probe conformational changes at the level of individual amino acid residues in proteins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0301-4622
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
63-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Bacteriorhodopsins, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Deuterium, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Isotope Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Models, Structural, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Protein Denaturation, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, pubmed-meshheading:7662870-Tyrosine
pubmed:articleTitle
Site-directed isotope labeling and FTIR spectroscopy: assignment of tyrosine bands in the bR-->M difference spectrum of bacteriorhodopsin.
pubmed:affiliation
Physics Department and Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, Boston University, MA 02215, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.