Conformation of the glycotripeptide repeating unit of antifreeze glycoprotein of polar fish as determined from the fully assigned proton n.m.r. spectrum
- 1 October 1986
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research
- Vol. 28 (4), 386-397
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3011.1986.tb03270.x
Abstract
With its simple glycotripeptide repeating structure the antifreeze glycoprotein of polar fish may be an especially simple conformational mode for mucin glycoproteins with similar but more complex structures. The fully assigned proton n.m.r. spectrum confirms the anomeric configurations of the hexapyranosidic sugars of the side chains and the coupling constants of the alpha GalNAc and the beta Gal residues show both to be in the expected 4C1 chair conformation. The assignment of a single resonance for each proton of the (Ala-Thr-Ala)n repeat unit coupled with the observation of long range nuclear Overhauser effects (n.O.e.) implies a three-fold repeating conformation. The resonances of the two alanines are distinct and can be assigned to their correct positions in the peptide sequence by n.O.e. observed at the amide proton resonances on saturation of the alpha proton signals. The amide proton coupling constants of all three peptide residues are similar and imply a limited range of peptide backbone torsion angles, phi CN. The large n.O.e. which has been observed between the amide proton and the alpha proton of the residue preceding it in the sequence implies large positive values for the peptide dihedral angle, psi CC. Limits are placed on possible values of side chain dihedral angles by the observation of the coupling constant between the alpha and beta protons of the threonyl residue. The observation of n.O.e. between the anomeric proton of GalNAc and the threonyl side chain protons gives information on the conformation of the alpha glycosidic linkage between the disaccharide and the peptide. n.O.e. observed between the protons of the beta glycosidic linkage indicates the conformation of the disaccharide and the large amide proton coupling constant of the GalNAc residue shows a trans proton relationship. The spectroscopically derived data have been combined with conformational energy calculations to give a conformational model for antifreeze glycoprotein in which the hydrophobic surfaces of the disaccharide side chains are wrapped closely against a three-fold left handed helical peptide backbone. The hydrophilic sides of the disaccharides are aligned so that they may bind to the ice crystal face, which is perpendicular to the fast growth axis inhibiting normal crystal growth.Keywords
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