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Arakawa H, Muto Y, Arata Y, et al. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of human plasma alpha-2-macroglobulin. Biochemistry. 1986;25(22):6785-9doi: 10.1021/bi00370a009.
Arakawa, H., Muto, Y., Arata, Y., & Ikai, A. (1986). Proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of human plasma alpha-2-macroglobulin. Biochemistry, 25(22), 6785-9. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00370a009
Arakawa, H, et al. "Proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of human plasma alpha-2-macroglobulin." Biochemistry vol. 25,22 (1986): 6785-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00370a009
Arakawa H, Muto Y, Arata Y, Ikai A. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of human plasma alpha-2-macroglobulin. Biochemistry. 1986 Nov 04;25(22):6785-9. doi: 10.1021/bi00370a009. PMID: 2432925.
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Biochemistry. 1986 Nov 04;25(22):6785-9. doi: 10.1021/bi00370a009.

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance study of human plasma alpha-2-macroglobulin.

Biochemistry

H Arakawa, Y Muto, Y Arata, A Ikai

PMID: 2432925 DOI: 10.1021/bi00370a009

Abstract

A proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study is reported of human alpha-2-macroglobulin (alpha-2-M). It was observed that alpha-2-M, which consists of four identical subunits and has a molecular weight of 720,000, gives several sharp resonances. After cleavage of the "bait" region peptide with trypsin and subsequent removal of the peptide under a high salt condition, most of the sharp resonances disappeared, indicating that the sharp resonances observed in the native alpha-2-M originate from the amino acid residues in the bait region. Resonances due to the aromatic protons of the Tyr residue, which exists in the bait region, have been assigned on the basis of chemical shift. It was observed that the C3- and C5-H proton resonances for the Tyr residue are especially narrow, indicating that the side chain of the Tyr residue in the bait region is in a highly mobile state. Photochemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization experiments clearly show that the Tyr residue is actually exposed to the solvent. It was possible to identify resonances due to several His residues that are exposed to solvent. Other resonances, which probably originate from Arg residues in the bait region, were also observable in the conventional NMR spectra. On the basis of the present NMR data, we conclude that the bait region of the native alpha-2-M is highly flexible and exposed to solvent. On treatment of alpha-2-M with methylamine, no significant change has been detected in the NMR spectra observed in both the conventional and CIDNP mode.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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