Sequence-specific 1H and 15N resonance assignments for both equilibrium forms of the soluble heme binding domain of rat ferrocytochrome b5.

15N and 1H resonance assignments for backbone and side-chain resonances of both equilibrium forms of rat ferrocytochrome b5 have been obtained, using 15N-1H heteronuclear correlation methods employing globally 15N-labeled protein. Unlike other cytochrome b5 species assigned to date (Guiles et al., 1990) the rat cytochrome exists as an equilibrium distribution of conformers in nearly equal abundance (Lee et al., 1990). The ratio of conformers present in all other species variants is approximately 1:9. More than 40% of all residues of the rat protein exhibit NMR-detectable heterogeneity due to the 180 degrees rotation of the heme about the alpha, gamma-meso axis. NOESY and HOHAHA relayed 15N-1H double-DEPT heteronuclear correlation methods were an indispensible tool for the deconvolution of a system with this level of heterogeneity. Differences in the resonance assignments between the two equilibrium conformers were found to be as great as differences between species variants we have previously reported. On the basis of the magnitude and extent of the observed chemical shift differences and specific NOESY connectivities observed in the two isomers, we believe the two equilibrium conformers differ not only by a simple back-to-front flip of the heme but also by an additional rotation about an axis normal to the heme plane as has been previously suggested by Pochapsky et al. (1990). A short segment of the protein at the N-terminus could not be assigned, presumably due to rapid exchange of solvent-accessible amide protons in this disordered segment of the protein. Assignments for 93 of the 98 residues of this 12-kDa protein have been obtained.

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