1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Boulevard West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1M8.

ESI-MS and FTIR studies of the interaction between the second PDZ domain of hPTP1E and target peptides.

Biochem Cell Biol. 2003 Apr;81(2):71-80

Authors: Papp R, Ekiel I, English AM

Abstract

The specificity of interaction between the second PDZ domain of human protein tyrosine phosphatase1E (PDZ2) and a C-terminal peptide, ENEQVSAV, from the guanine nucleotide exchange factor RA-GEF-2 was investigated using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Specificity of the binding interaction and the importance of Ser in the -2 position of the target peptide were demonstrated using alternate peptides ENEQVCAV and KDDEVYYV. FTIR-monitored thermal denaturation in the amide I region showed a 10 degrees C increase in melting temperature (Tm) for the PDZ2-ENEQVSAV complex compared with that of free PDZ2, and the spectra revealed increased absorption in the beta-sheet region (1628 cm(-1)) of PDZ2 on peptide binding. Neither of these results were observed with peptides containing either Cys or Tyr in the -2 position. Complex formation with the Ser-containing peptide was further demonstrated by direct measurement of a 1:1 PDZ-peptide complex by ESI-MS in 100% aqueous solutions without the need for organic co-solvents. Our results demonstrate that even a single atom (O --> S) substitution from Ser to Cys in the -2 position disrupts C-terminal peptide binding to PDZ2.

PMID: 12870871 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]