Folding of a heterogeneous β-hairpin peptide from temperature-jump 2D IR spectroscopy
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Jones, Kevin C.
Peng, C. S.
Tokmakoff, A.
Date Issued
February 2013
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
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Jones, K. C., C. S. Peng, and A. Tokmakoff. “Folding of a heterogeneous -hairpin peptide from temperature-jump 2D IR spectroscopy.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110, no. 8 (February 19, 2013): 2828-2833.
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Abstract
We provide a time- and structure-resolved characterization of the folding of the heterogeneous β-hairpin peptide Tryptophan Zipper 2 (Trpzip2) using 2D IR spectroscopy. The amide I′ vibrations of three Trpzip2 isotopologues are used as a local probe of the midstrand contacts, β-turn, and overall β-sheet content. Our experiments distinguish between a folded state with a type I′ β-turn and a misfolded state with a bulged turn, providing evidence for distinct conformations of the peptide backbone. Transient 2D IR spectroscopy at 45 °C following a laser temperature jump tracks the nanosecond and microsecond kinetics of unfolding and the exchange between conformers. Hydrogen bonds to the peptide backbone are loosened rapidly compared with the 5-ns temperature jump. Subsequently, all relaxation kinetics are characterized by an observed 1.2 ± 0.2-μs exponential. Our time-dependent 2D IR spectra are explained in terms of folding of either native or nonnative contacts from a common compact disordered state. Conversion from the disordered state to the folded state is consistent with a zip-out folding mechanism.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1211968110
