Abstract
We have employed 15N and 31P NMR techniques to characterize the conformations of trimethoprim (TMP)/E. coli dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) complexes in the presence and absence of NADPH and NADP+. A single conformation was observed for TMP/DHFR, NADP+/DHFR, NADPH/ DHFR and TMP/NADPH/DHFR complexes. In the ternary complex of TMP/NADP+/DHFR both the 15N and 31P spectra revealed the presence of two conformations. However, the conformations of TMP and NADP+ in the ternary complex may not be correlated, resulting in the possible existence of four conformations for the protein ternary complex.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 44-46 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | FEBS Letters |
| Volume | 283 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1991 May 20 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Conformation
- Dihydrofolate reductase
- E. coli
- NMR, N, P, NADP
- Trimethoprim
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology