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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Polypeptide conformer interconversion in a low dielectric environment is shown to be highly dependent on water concentration. Water increases this rate by 10(3), apparently by catalyzing hydrogen bond exchange, and thereby presenting functional properties analogous to that of a foldase. This catalytic effect is demonstrated on the interconversion of a parallel gramicidin dimer into an antiparallel dimer. A Hill coefficient of 6.5 is observed, illustrating the highly cooperative nature of the process. Protein folding in nonpolar environs, such as the hydrophobic core of a protein or the hydrophobic domain of a lipid bilayer, may be contingent on and rate-limited by the scarcity of water.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
3
pubmed:volume
96
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9057-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Water: foldase activity in catalyzing polypeptide conformational rearrangements.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Biophysics, and The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't