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Conformational properties of the iso-1-cytochrome C denatured state: dependence on guanidine hydrochloride concentration.

Abstract：

:Production of seven single surface histidine variants of yeast iso-1-cytochrome c allowed measurement of the apparent pK(a), pK(a)(obs), for histidine-heme loop formation for loops of nine to 83 amino acid residues under varying denaturing conditions (2 M to 6 M guanidine hydrochloride, gdnHCl). A linear correlation between pK(a)(obs) and the log of the loop size is expected for a random coil, pK(a)(obs) proportional to k log(n), where k is a scaling factor and n is the number of monomers in the loop. For small loops of nine, 16, and 22 monomers, no dependence of pK(a)(obs) on loop size was observed at any denaturant concentration indicating effects from chain stiffness. For larger loops of 37, 56, 72, and 83 monomers, the dependence of pK(a)(obs) on log(n) was linear and the slope of that dependence decreased with increasing concentration of denaturant. The scaling factor obtained at 5 M and 6 M gdnHCl for the larger loop sizes was approximately -2.0, close to the value of -2.2 expected for a random coil with excluded volume. However, scaling factors obtained under less harsh denaturing conditions (2 M to 4.5 M gdnHCl) deviated strongly from that expected for a random coil, being in the range -3 to -4. The gdnHCl dependence of pK(a)(obs) at each loop size was also evaluated to obtain denaturant m-values. Short loops where chain stiffness dominates had similar m-values of approximately 0.25 kcal/mol M. For larger loops m-values decrease with increasing loop size indicating that less hydrophobic area is sequestered when larger loops form. It is known that the earliest events in protein folding involve the formation of simple loops. The data from these studies provide direct insight into the relative probability with which loops of different sizes will form, as well as the factors which affect loop formation.

journal_name

J Mol Biol

journal_title

Journal of molecular biology

authors

Wandschneider E,Bowler BE

doi

10.1016/S0022-2836(04)00331-6

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pub_date

2004-05-21 00:00:00

pages

185-97

issue

eissn

0022-2836

issn

1089-8638

pii

S0022283604003316

journal_volume

339

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Conformational properties of the iso-1-cytochrome C denatured state: dependence on guanidine hydrochloride concentration.