Tryparedoxins (TXNs) are trypanothione-dependent peroxiredoxin oxidoredu
ctases involvedin hydroperoxide detoxifi
cation that have been shown to determine virulen
ce in trypanosomatids. Thestru
cture of
15N,
13C-doubly-labeled, C-terminally-His-tagged tryparedoxin 1 from
Crithidia fasciculata(
Cf TXN1) was elu
cidated by three-dimensional NMR spe
ctros
copy. Global folding was found to besimilar to the
crystal stru
cture, but regions near the a
ctive site, espe
cially the onset of helix
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chars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>1 with theredox-a
ctive Cys 43 and helix
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chars/alpha.gif" BORDER=0>2 relevant to substrate binding, were less well defined in solution. Theredox-ina
ctive inhibitory substrate analogue
N1,
N8-bis(ophthalmyl)spermidine was used to study thesubstrate/TXN intera
ction by two-dimensional
1H,
15N NMR spe
ctros
copy. The NMR data
complementedby mole
cular modeling revealed several alternative modes of ligand binding. The results
confirm andextend the
con
cept of TXN a
ction and spe
cifi
city derived from X-ray analysis and site-dire
cted mutagenesisand thus improve the rational basis for inhibitor design.