Abstract：
:The role of the "C-terminal tail" segment of long neurotoxins has been investigated. The C-terminal four to five residues of alpha-bungarotoxin and Laticauda colubrina b have been cleaved off by carboxypeptidase P. The effect of such deletion on the toxin conformation has been monitored in proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectra and circular dichroism spectra. The removal of the C-terminal residues primarily affects the chemical shifts of proton resonances of the residues close to the cleavage site and does not induce a major conformational change. Therefore, the C-terminal tail of long neurotoxins does not appear to be important in maintaining the specific polypeptide chain folding. On the other hand, competition binding with tritium-labeled toxin alpha to Narke japonica acetylcholine receptor has revealed that cleavage of the C-terminal residues reduces the binding activity of alpha-bungarotoxin or Laticauda colubrina b to acetylcholine receptor. Thus it is likely that (the basic amino acid residues in) the C-terminal tail is directly involved in the binding of long neurotoxins to electric organ (and muscle) acetylcholine receptor.
journal_name
Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Endo T,Oya M,Tamiya N,Hayashi Kdoi
10.1021/bi00388a063subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-07-14 00:00:00pages
4592-8issue
14eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
26pub_type
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