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  • Title: CD measurements show that fd and IKe gene 5 proteins undergo minimal conformational changes upon binding to poly(rA).
    Author: Sang BC, Gray DM.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1989 Nov 28; 28(24):9502-7. PubMed ID: 2611244.
    Abstract:
    Circular dichroism (CD) measurements were made on both fd and IKe gene 5 proteins in solution. The difference between the CD spectra of these two proteins was interpreted as being the result of an enhanced tyrosine contribution in the IKe gene 5 protein spectrum. There was no spectral evidence for significant alpha-helical structures in either of the two gene 5 proteins. CD measurements were also made on complexes of the two gene 5 proteins with poly(rA). The long-wavelength region (300-250 nm) of the CD spectra of both complexes was essentially like that of free poly(rA) at a high temperature. With the assumption that the poly(rA) components of the complexes had the same CD at all wavelengths as did free poly(rA) at a high temperature, it was possible to separate the CD spectra of the complexes into protein and nucleic acid components. Except for the tyrosine CD band at 229 nm, there were no significant changes in the CD bands of either protein upon binding to poly(rA). Thus, each protein appeared to maintain essentially the same overall secondary conformation when complexed with poly(rA) as when in its free state.
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