Proton Magnetic Resonance Studies of Methionine Enkephalin

Autor: Peter Tonui, Angela Miller, Dave Powell, S. S. Toporek, Thomas J. Manning
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 226:796-800
ISSN: 0006-291X
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.1431
Popis: In the literature there exist two conflicting pieces of data concerning the thermodynamics of the Cu(2+)-methionine enkephalin complex. One study utilized 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to study the solution phase Cu(2+)-enkephalin binding and reported a strong interaction over a wide pH range. Another study utilized potentiometry to measure a log beta 101 of 4.6, a value representative of a weak metal-ligand complex. In order to resolve this discrepancy a 300 MHz 1H NMR is used to study the protonation sequence of methionine enkaphalin, a bioactive peptide, and its complexation with seven diamagnetic metals (Ba2+, Ca2+, Zn2+, La2+, Mg2+, Sr2+ and Cd2+).
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