Structural analysis of staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C1 using circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy
- 1 November 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 27 (24), 8735-8741
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00424a008
Abstract
Secondary and tertiary structural parameters of two functionally and serologically related proteins, staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C1, have been determined by using circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy. The secondary structures derived from the respective far-UV circular dichroic spectra were 9.5% alpha-helix, 55.0% beta-pleated sheets, 16.5% beta-turns, and 19.0% random coils for enterotoxin B and 15.0% alpha-helix, 38.0% beta-pleated sheets, 25.5% beta-turns, and 21.5% random coils for staphylococcal enterotoxin C1. The values matched well with the secondary structures derived from the amino acid sequences (Chou and Fasman method). Seven antigenic sites have been predicted for both staphylococcal enterotoxins B and C1 by using the hydrophilicity and the secondary structure information. Three of these antigenic sites appear similar. Fluorescence quantum yield of the single tryptophan residue (Trp-197) of both the enterotoxins showed the tryptophan residue in staphylococcal enterotoxin B to be approximately 46% more fluorescent than in staphylococcal enterotoxin C1. Tryptophan fluorescence quenching by the surface quencher I- and the neutral quencher acrylamide revealed that the single tryptophan residue in each of the enterotoxins is buried in the protein matrix and is not accessible to the surface quencher I-. The tryptophan residue in staphylococcal enterotoxin C1 is 14% less accessible to acrylamide than in staphylococcal enterotoxin B. The data, in general, reflect several similarities and significant differences between the two related enterotoxins.Keywords
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