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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
Cold denaturation of yeast phosphoglycerate kinase (yPGK) was investigated by a combination of far UV circular dichroism (CD), steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, and small angle X-ray scattering. It was shown that cold denaturation of yPGK cannot be accounted for by a simple two-state process and that an intermediate state can be stabilized under mild denaturing conditions. Comparison between far UV CD and fluorescence shows that in this state the protein displays a fluorescence signal corresponding mainly to exposed tryptophans, whereas its CD signal is only partially modified. Comparison with spectroscopic data obtained from a mutant missing the last 12 amino-acids (yPGK delta404) suggests that lowering the temperature mainly results in a destabilization of hydrophobic interactions between the two domains. Small angle X-ray scattering measurements give further information about this stabilized intermediate. At 4 degrees C and in the presence of 0.45 M Gdn-HCl, the main species corresponds to a protein as compact as native yPGK, whereas a significant proportion of ellipticity has been lost. Although various techniques have shown the existence of residual structures in denatured proteins, this is one example of a compact denatured state devoid of its main content in alpha helices.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0887-3585
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
226-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of hydrophobic interactions in yeast phosphoglycerate kinase stability.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Modélisation et Ingénierie des Protéines, Université de Paris-Sud Orsay, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't