Volume 49, Issue 44 pp. 8177-8180
Communication

Probing a Homoleptic PbS3 Coordination Environment in a Designed Peptide Using 207Pb NMR Spectroscopy: Implications for Understanding the Molecular Basis of Lead Toxicity

Dr. Kosh P. Neupane

Dr. Kosh P. Neupane

Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (USA), Fax: (+1) 734-936-7628

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Prof. Dr. Vincent L. Pecoraro

Prof. Dr. Vincent L. Pecoraro

Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (USA), Fax: (+1) 734-936-7628

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First published: 21 September 2010
Citations: 37

V.L.P. thanks the National Institute of Health for support of this research (R01 ES0 12236).

Graphical Abstract

The lead-inhibited active site of a zinc-binding metalloenzyme in a thiol-rich coordination environment (PbS3) has been modeled by homoleptic three-strand coiled-coil peptides and characterized using natural-abundance 207Pb NMR spectroscopy (see picture: 207Pb NMR signals from two binding sites of the same protein). 207Pb NMR spectroscopy could thus be used to identify and characterize important human proteins associated with lead toxicity.

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