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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 125, Issue 4, Pages 916-923Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja027836h
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We describe a novel method for determining weak association constants of oligomeric protein complexes formed transiently under equilibrium conditions. This type of equilibrium process is recognized as being biologically important, but generally hard to study. Heteronuclear spin relaxation rates measured at multiple protein concentrations are analyzed using relaxation rates predicted from hydrodynamic calculations, yielding equilibrium constants and structural characterization of the protein complexes. The method was used to study the oligomerization equilibrium of bovine low molecular weight protein tyrosine phosphatase. X-ray structures of monomeric and dimeric forms of the protein have been reported previously. Using longitudinal and transverse N-15 relaxation rates measured at four different protein concentrations, we detected the monomer, dimer, and a previously unknown tetramer and measured the dissociation constants of the equilibria involving these species. A comparison of experimental and predicted relaxation rates for individual backbone amide N-15 spins enabled delineation of the tetramerization interface. The results suggest a novel concept for substrate modulation of enzymatic activity based on a supramolecular proenzyme. The fast and reversible switching of the supramolecular proenzyme would have obvious advantages for the regulation of enzymes involved in cell signaling pathways.
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