Proline-directed random-coil chemical shift values as a tool for the NMR assignment of the tau phosphorylation sites

Chembiochem. 2004 Jan 3;5(1):73-8. doi: 10.1002/cbic.200300763.

Abstract

NMR spectroscopy of the full-length neuronal Tau protein has proved to be difficult due to the length of the protein and the unfavorable amino acid composition. We show that the random-coil chemical shift values and their dependence on the presence of a proline residue in the (i+1) position can successfully be exploited to assign all proline-directed phosphorylation sites. This is a first step toward the study of the phosphorylation of Tau by NMR spectroscopy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Escherichia coli / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Nitrogen / chemistry
  • Phosphorylation
  • Proline / chemistry*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Recombinant Proteins / biosynthesis
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • tau Proteins / biosynthesis
  • tau Proteins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • tau Proteins
  • Proline
  • Nitrogen