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  • Title: Synthesis and characterization of Desulfovibrio gigas rubredoxin and rubredoxin fragments.
    Author: Christensen HE, Hammerstad-Pedersen JM, Holm A, Iversen G, Jensen MH, Ulstrup J.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1994 Aug 15; 224(1):97-101. PubMed ID: 8076656.
    Abstract:
    The 52-residue Desulfovibrio gigas rubredoxin peptide chain has been synthesized and a procedure for chain folding around iron(II) developed. The folded, stable synthetic rubredoxin can be subjected to purification, and reversibly oxidized and reduced. Ultraviolet/visible absorption and CD spectra of both forms show all the same features as native D. gigas rubredoxin, and the symmetric and asymmetric Fe-S stretching bands in the resonance Raman spectrum can be identified. In addition, the matrix-assisted laser desorption mass spectrum of a peptide sample exposed to trace amounts of iron is dominated by a peak at 5735Da very close to the value for the calculated molecular mass. Details in the ultraviolet/visible bandshape and mass spectrum, however, indicate remaining impurities. In comparison, a previously synthesized 25-residue rubredoxin fragment with the non-conserved positions 13-35 and 51-52 omitted and Val5-Glu50 anchored via glycine folds gives the correct molecular mass and ultraviolet/visible spectrum, but is much more labile than the 52-residue protein. This shows that non-conserved residues are crucial in protein folding and that chemical metalloprotein synthesis offers alternative prospects to microbiological protein engineering.
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