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Research article2018Peer reviewed

Direct observation of carbohydrate hydroxyl protons in hydrogen bonds with a protein

Nestor, Gustav; Anderson, Taigh; Oscarson, Stefan; Gronenborn, Angela M.

Abstract

Hydroxyl proton resonances of uniformly C-13-labeled Man alpha(1-2)Man alpha(1-2)Man alpha OMe (Man(3)) bound to cyanovirin-N (CV-N) were detected at ambient temperature in aqueous solution by NMR spectroscopy. The directions of the hydroxyl groups were determined on the basis of NOEs, and a previously unknown hydrogen-bonding network between Man(3) and CV-N was discovered. This is the first report on detecting hydroxyl protons of a protein-bound carbohydrate in aqueous solution by NMR. Approaches such as those presented here may open the door for accurately determining intermolecular hydrogen bonds in carbohydrate-protein complexes.

Published in

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2018, Volume: 140, number: 1, pages: 339-345
Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Structural Biology

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b10595

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/102271