The structure of the cataract causing P23T mutant of human gamma-D crystallin

The structure of the cataract-causing P23T mutant of human gammaD-crystallin exhibits distinctive local conformational and dynamic changes.

MKHHHHHHQGKITLYEDRGFQGRHYECSSDHTNLQPYLSRCNSARVDSGCWMLYEQPNYSGLQYFLRRGDYADHQQWMGL
SDSVRSCRLIPHSGSHRIRLYEREDYRGQMIEFTEDCSCLQDRFRFNEIHSLNVLEGSWVLYELSNYRGRQYLLMPGDYR
RYQDWGATNARVGSLRRVIDFS

Pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether-9

torsion angle dynamics, simulated annealing

0.2-0.8 mM [U-99% 13C; U-99% 15N] p23t, 20 mM sodium phosphate, 5 mM DTT, 5 % [U-2H] D2O, 5 % Pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether, 5.2 % hexanol, 95% H2O/5% D2O

Schwieters, Kuszewski, Tjandra and Clore

crystallin, cataract, protein, lens, Disease mutation, Eye lens protein, Oxidation, Sensory transduction, Vision, STRUCTURAL PROTEIN

GKITLYEDRGFQGRHYECSSDHPNLQPYLSRCNSARVDSGCWMLYEQPNYSGLQYFLRRGDYADHQQWMGLSDSVRSCRL
IPHSGSHRIRLYEREDYRGQMIEFTEDCSCLQDRFRFNEIHSLNVLEGSWVLYELSNYRGRQYLLMPGDYRRYQDWGATN
ARVGSLRRVIDFS