Abstract:
:Protein folding continues to be an important biophysical topic in molecular biology. We report the parameters for successfully refolding the guanylyl cyclase core of the ANP receptor, an allosteric homodimeric enzyme. Urea was a better chaotropic solvent than guanidine HCl, and physiological salt concentrations and pH were needed for optimal recovery of enzymatic activity. Renaturation was more sensitive to alkaline compared to acidic deviations in solvent conditions. The time course of refolding was sigmoidal producing an enzyme with a specific activity of 16,000 pmol cGMP/min/mg using 60 microM concentration of substrate. Additional factors are described in this unusual case of renaturing an allosteric homodimeric enzyme in vitro.
journal_name
Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Thorpe DS,Niu S,Morkin Edoi
10.1006/bbrc.1996.1097subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-07-25 00:00:00pages
765-71issue
3eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(96)91097-9journal_volume
224pub_type
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