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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 99, 期 14, 页码 9101-9106出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.112677599
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Rhodopsin is a member of the superfamily of G-protein-coupled receptors. This seven alpha-helix transmembrane protein is the visual pigment of the vertebrate rod photoreceptor cells that mediate dim light vision. In the active binding site of this protein the ligand or chromophore, 11-cis-retinal, is covalently bound via a protonated Schiff base to lysine residue 296. Here we present the complete H-1 and C-13 assignments of the 11-cis-retinylidene chromophore in its ligand-binding site determined with ultra high field magic angle spinning NMR. Native bovine opsin was regenerated with 99% enriched uniformly C-13-labeled 11-cis-retinal. From the labeled pigment, C-13 carbon chemical shifts could be obtained by using two-dimensional radio frequency-driven dipolar recoupling in a solid-state magic angle spinning homonuclear correlation experiment. The H-1 chemical shifts were assigned by two-dimensional heteronuclear (H-1-C-13) dipolar correlation spectroscopy with phase-modulated Lee-Goldburg homonuclear H-1 decoupling applied during the t(1) period. The data indicate nonbonding interactions between the protons of the methyl groups of the retinylidene ionone ring and the protein. These nonbonding interactions are attributed to nearby aromatic acid residues Phe-208, Phe-212, and Trp-265 that are in close contact with, respectively, H-16/H-17 and H-18. Furthermore, binding of the chromophore involves a chiral selection of the ring conformation, resulting in equatorial and axial positions for CH3-16 and CH3-17.
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