The Active Site of Staphylococcal Nuclease: Paramagnetic Relaxation of Bound Nucleotide Inhibitor Nuclei by Lanthanide Ions

AUTOR(ES)

Furie, Bruce

RESUMO

The structure of 3′,5′-thymidine diphosphate bound in the active site of staphylococcal nuclease (EC 3.1.4.7) was studied by measuring the relaxation rate enhancement of substrate analog nuclei by a paramagnetic metal ion. The lanthanide ion, Gd(III), was substituted for Ca(II) in the formation of the ternary complex of nuclease-Gd(III)-3′,5′-thymidine diphosphate. Measurements were made of the transverse relaxation rates of protons and the longitudinal and transverse relaxation rates of the phosphorus nuclei of the bound nucleotide. Internuclear distances between the metal ion and atoms of the 3′,5′-thymidine diphosphate nucleotide were determined from these data by the Solomon-Bloembergen equation. In general, these distances corresponded closely to those determined by previous x-ray crystallography of the thymidine diphosphate complex.

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