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1: Biochemistry. 2003 Feb 25;42(7):1890-9.
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Dynamic properties of the G93A mutant of copper-zinc superoxide dismutase as detected by NMR spectroscopy: implications for the pathology of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Shipp EL, Cantini F, Bertini I, Valentine JS, Banci L.

Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Via Luigi Sacconi 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy.

The backbone assignment of the copper-zinc superoxide dismutase amyotrophic lateral sclerosis G93A mutant was performed on an (15)N-enriched protein sample. (15)N R(1), R(2), and R(1)(rho) and (15)N-(1)H NOE experiments were then carried out at 600 MHz on G93A Cu(2)Zn(2)SOD and the values compared to the dynamics data for the "wild-type" protein. In addition, (15)N and (1)H chemical shift comparisons between wild-type Cu(2)Zn(2)SOD and its G93A mutant were also made. G93A exhibits a higher mobility than wild-type Cu(2)Zn(2)SOD, particularly in loops III and V, on a time scale faster than the rate of protein tumbling. There are also distinct chemical shift and NOE differences in residues 35-42 and 92-95, which comprise these loops. These two regions of Cu(2)Zn(2)SOD form the end of the beta-barrel termed the "beta-barrel plug" [Tainer, J. A., Getzoff, E. D., Beem, K. M., Richardson, J. S., and Richardson, D. C. (1982) J. Mol. Biol. 160, 181-217]. The increased mobility and reduction of the number of observed NOEs in this region indicate an opening of the beta-barrel that may lead to amyloid fibrillogenesis. Alternatively, a motor neuron-specific substrate may bind this region of the protein, leading to deleterious modifications and/or reactions.

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PMID: 12590575 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]