Y the molecular replacement method using the program Phaser [74]. The coordinates

Y the molecular replacement method using the program Phaser [74]. The coordinates of Naja nigricollis toxin-c monomer structure (PDB code 1TGX; sequence identity 67 ) were used as a search model. The structure solution was obtained with LLG- 94; and TFZ score of 12.3 and RFZ score 4.5. Initial rigid body refinement gave Rwork 36.6 (Rfree 43.5). There were two hemachatoxin molecules located in the asymmetric unit. The resultant PZ-51 web electron density map was of good quality. Several cyclesof model building/refitting using the program Coot [75], and alternated with refinement using the program Phenix [76], lead to the convergence of R-values (Table 1). Non-crystallographic symmetry (NCS) restraints were used throughout the refinement process.Accession MedChemExpress Madrasin NumbersThe protein sequence data reported in this paper will appear in the UniProt Knowledgebase under the accession number B3EWH9. The three dimensional coordinates and structure factors of hemachatoxin were deposited in the RCSB (www.pdb. org) database with the access code 3VTS.Supporting InformationFigure S1 Reduction and pyridylethylation of hemachatoxin. (A) The S-pyridylethylated hemachatoxin (black arrow) was purified on a linear gradient of 20?0 solvent B. (B) The ESIMS profile of S-pyridylethylated hemachatoxin showing the four peaks of mass/charge (m/z) ratio ranging from +4 to +7 charges. The mass was determined to be 7685.1261.14 Da. (TIF) Figure S2 Separation of peptides derived from cyanogen bromide cleavage of the S-pyridylethylated hemachatoxin on RP-HPLC. A linear gradient of 10?0 solvent B was used. The peptides A and B were sequenced by Edman degradation method. (TIF)Hemachatoxin from Ringhals Cobra VenomFigure S3 Chromatographic profiles of PTH-amino acid (phenylthiohydantoin-amino acid) residues 27 and 28 of the Edman degradation cycles 29 and 30. (A) Elution profile of standard PTH-amino acid residues. (B) Cycle 29 of Edman degradation showing the 27th residue, PTH-L. PTH-T and PTH-M denotes the carryover from 28th and 27th cycle, respectively. (C) Cycle 30 of Edman degradation showing the 28th residue, PTH-M. PTH-L denote the carryover from 29th cycle. (TIF)Table S1 The sequence determination of hemacha-toxin. (DOC)Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: JS RMK. Performed the experiments: VMG SK LJ CJ. Analyzed the data: JS RMK VMG CJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS RMK. Wrote the paper: JS RMK VMG CJ.
Numerous behavioural studies in animals have demonstrated that lesions of the peripheral vestibular system lead to spatial memory impairments that persist long after the acute vestibular reflex deficits have partially subsided or `compensated’ [1?]. These deficits are most severe when the lesions are bilateral and in this case they appear to be more or less permanent [4,6,7]. Clinical studies of human patients with bilateral vestibular loss also indicate that spatial memory is impaired, even 5?0 years following the lesions [10]. Electrophysiological studies in animals suggest that the spatial memory impairment following bilateral vestibular deafferentation (BVD) may be partially attributable to a dysfunction of hippocampal place cells [11,12] and theta rhythm [9,13,14]. MRI studies in humans have shown that bilateral vestibular loss is associated with a bilateral atrophy of the hippocampus [10]; however, no reduction in hippocampal volume has been reported in rats with bilateral vestibular lesions [8,15]and long-term potentiation (LTP) a.Y the molecular replacement method using the program Phaser [74]. The coordinates of Naja nigricollis toxin-c monomer structure (PDB code 1TGX; sequence identity 67 ) were used as a search model. The structure solution was obtained with LLG- 94; and TFZ score of 12.3 and RFZ score 4.5. Initial rigid body refinement gave Rwork 36.6 (Rfree 43.5). There were two hemachatoxin molecules located in the asymmetric unit. The resultant electron density map was of good quality. Several cyclesof model building/refitting using the program Coot [75], and alternated with refinement using the program Phenix [76], lead to the convergence of R-values (Table 1). Non-crystallographic symmetry (NCS) restraints were used throughout the refinement process.Accession NumbersThe protein sequence data reported in this paper will appear in the UniProt Knowledgebase under the accession number B3EWH9. The three dimensional coordinates and structure factors of hemachatoxin were deposited in the RCSB (www.pdb. org) database with the access code 3VTS.Supporting InformationFigure S1 Reduction and pyridylethylation of hemachatoxin. (A) The S-pyridylethylated hemachatoxin (black arrow) was purified on a linear gradient of 20?0 solvent B. (B) The ESIMS profile of S-pyridylethylated hemachatoxin showing the four peaks of mass/charge (m/z) ratio ranging from +4 to +7 charges. The mass was determined to be 7685.1261.14 Da. (TIF) Figure S2 Separation of peptides derived from cyanogen bromide cleavage of the S-pyridylethylated hemachatoxin on RP-HPLC. A linear gradient of 10?0 solvent B was used. The peptides A and B were sequenced by Edman degradation method. (TIF)Hemachatoxin from Ringhals Cobra VenomFigure S3 Chromatographic profiles of PTH-amino acid (phenylthiohydantoin-amino acid) residues 27 and 28 of the Edman degradation cycles 29 and 30. (A) Elution profile of standard PTH-amino acid residues. (B) Cycle 29 of Edman degradation showing the 27th residue, PTH-L. PTH-T and PTH-M denotes the carryover from 28th and 27th cycle, respectively. (C) Cycle 30 of Edman degradation showing the 28th residue, PTH-M. PTH-L denote the carryover from 29th cycle. (TIF)Table S1 The sequence determination of hemacha-toxin. (DOC)Author ContributionsConceived and designed the experiments: JS RMK. Performed the experiments: VMG SK LJ CJ. Analyzed the data: JS RMK VMG CJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS RMK. Wrote the paper: JS RMK VMG CJ.
Numerous behavioural studies in animals have demonstrated that lesions of the peripheral vestibular system lead to spatial memory impairments that persist long after the acute vestibular reflex deficits have partially subsided or `compensated’ [1?]. These deficits are most severe when the lesions are bilateral and in this case they appear to be more or less permanent [4,6,7]. Clinical studies of human patients with bilateral vestibular loss also indicate that spatial memory is impaired, even 5?0 years following the lesions [10]. Electrophysiological studies in animals suggest that the spatial memory impairment following bilateral vestibular deafferentation (BVD) may be partially attributable to a dysfunction of hippocampal place cells [11,12] and theta rhythm [9,13,14]. MRI studies in humans have shown that bilateral vestibular loss is associated with a bilateral atrophy of the hippocampus [10]; however, no reduction in hippocampal volume has been reported in rats with bilateral vestibular lesions [8,15]and long-term potentiation (LTP) a.