Abstract:
:We report the first experimental characterization of the full thermodynamic profile for binding of urea to a native protein. We measured the volumetric parameters of lysozyme at pH 7.0 as a function of urea within a temperature range of 18-45 °C. At neutral pH, lysozyme retains its native conformation between 0 and 8 M urea over the entire range of temperatures studied. Consequently, our measured volumetric properties reflect solely the interactions of urea with the native protein and do not involve contributions from urea-induced conformational transitions. We analyzed our data within the framework of a statistical thermodynamic analytical model in which urea-protein interactions are viewed as solvent exchange in the vicinity of the protein. The analysis produced the equilibrium constant, k, for an elementary reaction of urea-protein binding with a change in standard state free energy (ΔG° = -RT ln k) at each experimental temperature. We used the van't Hoff equation to compute from the temperature dependence of the equilibrium constant, k, changes in enthalpy, ΔH°, and entropy, ΔS°, accompanying binding. The thermodynamic profile of urea-protein interactions, in conjunction with published molecular dynamics simulation results, is consistent with the picture in which urea molecules, being underhydrated in the bulk, form strong, enthalpically favorable interactions with the surface protein groups while paying a high entropic price. We discuss ramifications of our results for providing insights into the combined effects of urea, temperature, and pressure on the conformational preferences of proteins.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Son I,Chalikian TVdoi
10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00805subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-11-29 00:00:00pages
6475-6483issue
47eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
55pub_type
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