A Non-Invasive NMR Method Based on Histidine Imidazoles to Analyze the pH-Modulation of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interfaces.
 

A Non-Invasive NMR Method Based on Histidine Imidazoles to Analyze the pH-Modulation of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interfaces.

Related Articles A Non-Invasive NMR Method Based on Histidine Imidazoles to Analyze the pH-Modulation of Protein-Nucleic Acid Interfaces.

Chemistry. 2015 Apr 1;

Authors: Cruz-Gallardo I, Del Conte R, Velázquez-Campoy A, García-Mauriño SM, Díaz-Moreno I

Abstract
A useful (2) J(N?H) coupling-based NMR spectroscopic approach is proposed to unveil, at the molecular level, the contribution of the imidazole groups of histidines from RNA/DNA-binding proteins on the modulation of binding to nucleic acids by pH. Such protonation/deprotonation events have been monitored on the single His96 located at the second RNA/DNA recognition motif (RRM2) of T-cell intracellular antigen-1 (TIA-1) protein. The pKa values of the His96 ionizable groups were substantially higher in the complexes with short U-rich RNA and T-rich DNA oligonucleotides than those of the isolated TIA-1 RRM2. Herein, the methodology applied to determine changes in pKa of histidine side chains upon DNA/RNA binding, gives valuable information to understand the pH effect on multidomain DNA/RNA-binding proteins that shuttle among different cellular compartments.


PMID: 25846236 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]



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