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Characterization of the tryptophan residues of human placental ribonuclease inhibitor and its complex with bovine pancreatic ribonuclease a by steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy.

Human placental ribonuclease inhibitor (hRI) containing six tryptophan (Trp) residues located at positions 19, 261, 263, 318, 375, and 438 and its complex with RNase A have been studied using steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence (298 K) as well as low-temperature phosphorescence (77 K). Two Trp residues in wild-type hRI and also in the protein-protein complex with RNase A are resolved optically. The accessible surface area values of Trp residues in the wild-type hRI and its complex and consideration of inter-Trp energy transfer in the wild-type hRI reveal that one of the Trp residues is Trp19, which is located in a hydrophobic buried region. The other Trp residue is tentatively assigned as Trp375 based on experimental results on wild-type hRI and its complex. This residue in the wild-type hRI is more or less solvent exposed. Both the Trp residues are perturbed slightly on complex formation. Trp19 moves slightly toward a more hydrophobic region, and the environment of Trp375 becomes less solvent exposed. The complex formation also results in a more heterogeneous environment for both the optically resolved Trp residues.[1]

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  1. Characterization of the tryptophan residues of human placental ribonuclease inhibitor and its complex with bovine pancreatic ribonuclease a by steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy. Sardar, P.S., Maity, S.S., Ghosh, S., Chatterjee, J., Maiti, T.K., Dasgupta, S. The journal of physical chemistry. B, Condensed matter, materials, surfaces, interfaces & biophysical. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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