Study of the denaturation of the N-terminal fragment of alpha-tropomyosin by NMR spectroscopy
Kutyshenko, V.P.; Potekhin, S.A.; Smalla, K.K.
Biofizika 36(5): 762-769
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0006-3029 PMID: 1799590 Document Number: 381119
Heat denaturation of the CN1A fragment (11-127) of alpha-tropomyosin was studied by NMR spectroscopy. It was shown that increasing temperature makes the fragment go through some discrete states distinguished by the spectrum of tyrosine-60. Three of these states are characterized by differences in the compact surrounding of the single tyrosine. There is a definite correlation between the observed microstates of tyrosine-60 and the realized microstates of the fragment. The appearance of different states of tyrosine is suggested to be caused by a change in the structure of its environment due to denaturation of other, rather remote regions, i.e. by appreciable mutual effects of different regions of the alpha-superhelix.