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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 41, Issue 13, Pages 4415-4424Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi0119013
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The solid-state C-13 CP-MAS NMR spectra of biosynthetically labeled [C-13(alpha)]Tyr, [C-13(beta)]Tyr, and [C-13(alpha)]Val silk fibroin samples of Bombyx mori, in silk I (the solid-state structure before spinning) and silk II (the solid-state structure after spinning) forms, have been examined to gain insight into the conformational preferences of the semicrystalline regions. To establish the relationship between the primary structure of B. mori silk fibroin and the local structure, the conformation-dependent C-13 chemical shift contour plots for Tyr C-alpha, Tyr C-beta, and Val C-alpha, carbons were generated from the atomic coordinates of high-resolution crystal structures of 40 proteins and their characteristic C-13 isotropic NMR chemical shifts. From comparison of the observed Tyr C-alpha and Tyr C-beta chemical shifts with those predicted by the contour plots, there is strong evidence in favor of an antiparallel beta-sheet structure of the Tyr residues in the silk fibroin fibers. On the other hand, Tyr residues take a random coil conformation in the fibroin film with a silk I form. The Val residues are likely to assume a structure similar to those of Tyr residues in silk fiber and film. Solid-state H-2 NMR measurements of [3,3-H-2(2)]Tyr-labeled B. mori silk fibroin indicate that the local mobility of the backbone and the C-alpha-C-beta bond is essentially static in both silk I and silk II forms. The orientation-dependent (i.e., parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field) solid-state N-15 NMR spectra of biosynthetically labeled [N-15]Tyr and [N-15]Val silk fibers reveal the presence of highly oriented semicrystalline regions.
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