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. 1986 Nov;168(2):775–779. doi: 10.1128/jb.168.2.775-779.1986

Binding specificity of the periplasmic oligopeptide-binding protein from Escherichia coli.

C A Guyer, D G Morgan, J V Staros
PMCID: PMC213550  PMID: 3536860

Abstract

The structural properties required for the binding of peptide substrates to the Escherichia coli periplasmic protein involved in oligopeptide transport were surveyed by measuring the ability of different peptides to compete for binding in an equilibrium dialysis assay with the tripeptide Ala-Phe-[3H]Gly. The protein specifically bound oligopeptides and failed to bind amino acids or dipeptides. Acetylation of the peptide amino terminus of (Ala)3 severely impaired binding, whereas esterification of the carboxyl terminus significantly reduced but did not completely eliminate binding. Peptides composed of L-amino acids competed more effectively than did peptides containing D-residues or glycine. Experiments with a series of alanyl peptide homologs demonstrated a decrease in competitive ability with increasing chain length beyond tripeptide. Competition studies with tripeptide homologs indicated that a wide variety of amino acyl side chains were tolerated by the periplasmic protein, but side-chain composition did affect binding. Fluorescence emission data suggested that this periplasmic protein possesses more than one substrate-binding site capable of distinguishing peptides on the basis of amino acyl side chains.

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