Wiktor Koźmiński's NMR group

Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw

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Wiktor Koźmiński's NMR Group

New Article in Protein Science

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Protonation-dependent conformational variability of intrinsically disordered proteins

Leonhard Geist, Morkos A. Henen, Sandra Haiderer, Thomas C. Schwarz, Dennis Kurzbach, Anna Zawadzka-Kazimierczuk, Saurabh Saxena, Szymon Żerko, Wiktor Koźmiński, Dariush Hinderberger, Robert Konrat

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are characterized by substantial conformational plasticity and undergo rearrangements of the time-averaged conformational ensemble upon changes of environmental conditions (e.g., in ionic strength, pH, molecular crowding). In contrast to stably folded proteins, IDPs often form compact conformations at acidic pH. The biological relevance of this process was, for example, demonstrated by NMR studies of the aggregation prone (low pH) state of α-Synuclein. Here we report a large-scale analysis of the pH dependence of disordered proteins using the recently developed meta-structure approach. The meta-structure analysis of a large set of intrinsically disordered proteins revealed a significant tendency of IDPs to form α-helical secondary structure elements and to preferentially fold into more compact structures under acidic conditions. The predictive validity of this novel approach was demonstrated with applications to the tumor-suppressor BASP1 and the transcription factor Tcf4.

 

New Article in Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry

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Complex formation of fenchone with α-cyclodextrin: NMR titrations

Michał Nowakowski, Andrzej Ejchart

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13C NMR titration studies of inclusion complexes of bicyclic terpenoid, fenchone enantiomers with α-cyclodextrin revealed their 1:2 guest–host stoichiometry. Sequential binding constants were determined indicating a strong binding cooperativity of two α-cyclodextrin to fenchone. The overall association constants were used to calculate the Gibbs free energies of diastereomeric complex formation, which might be used as a measure of chiral recognition of fenchone by α-cyclodextrin. These results were compared with corresponding data derived for camphor, which is an isomeric bicyclic terpenoid.

 

New Article in Journal of Biomolecular NMR

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Selective diagonal-free 13C,13C-edited aliphatic–aromatic NOESY experiment with non-uniform sampling

Jan Stanek, Michał Nowakowski, Saurabh Saxena, Katarzyna Ruszczyńska-Bartnik, Andrzej Ejchart, Wiktor Koźmiński

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A band-selective aromatic–aliphatic C,C-edited four-dimensional NOESY experiment is proposed here. Its key advantage is the absence of auto-correlation signals which makes it very attractive for joint use with non-uniform sampling. It is demonstrated here that the sensitivity of the experiment is not significantly affected by utilization of selective pulses (for either aromatic-13C or aliphatic-13C spins). The method was applied to the sample of E32Q mutant of human S100A1 protein, a homodimer of total molecular mass ~20 kDa. High-resolution 4D spectra were obtained from ~1.5 % of sampling points required conventionally. It is shown that superior resolution facilitates unambiguous assignment of observed aliphatic–aromatic cross-peaks. Additionally, the addition of aliphatic-13C dimension enables to resolve peaks with degenerated aliphatic 1H chemical shifts. All observed cross-peaks were validated against previously determined 3D structure of E32Q mutant of S100A1 protein (PDB 2LHL). The increased reliability of structural constraints obtained from the proposed high-resolution 4D 13C(ali),13C(aro)-edited NOESY can be exploited in the automated protocols of structure determination of proteins.

 

New Article in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

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Probing Local Backbone Geometries in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins by Cross-Correlated NMR Relaxation

Jan Stanek, Saurabh Saxena, Leonhard Geist, Robert Konrat, Wiktor Koźmiński

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An ultra-high-resolution NMR experiment for the measurement of intraresidue 1H(i)–15N(i)–13C'(i) dipolar–chemical shift anisotropy relaxation interference is employed to extract information about local backbone geometries in intrinsically disordered proteins. The study of tumor suppressor BASP1 revealed a population shift of β-turn geometries at low pH conditions and a compaction of the BASP1 structural ensemble.

 

New Article in Polyhedron

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Sialorphin and its analog as ligands for copper(II) ions

Elżbieta Kamysz, Aleksandra Kotynia, Żaneta Czyżnikowska, Mariusz Jaremko, Łukasz Jaremko, Michał Nowakowski, Justyna Brasun

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In this study the sialorphin (Gln-His-Asn-Pro-Arg) and its analog (Glp-His-Asn-Pro-Arg) were analyzed in terms of metal binding ability. Both peptides were synthesized using the solid-phase method. The application of number analytical methods: potentiometry, spectroscopy (UV–Vis, CD, NMR) and mass spectrometry allowed for a detailed characterization of the coordination abilities of presented peptides. The analysis of the obtained results has shown that both peptides are able to form a series of complexes. However due to the presence of free N-terminal amino group the sialorphin is more effective in metal ion binding. Nevertheless, in basic conditions both peptides involve the amide nitrogen belonging to the side chain of Asn3 moiety and form 4N complex with square planar structure. This unusual ability has been confirmed by the results obtained from the NMR studies.

 
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