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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-8-4
pubmed:abstractText
The decrease in conformational stability, delta(delta G), has been measured for 72 aliphatic side-chain mutants from four proteins in which a larger side-chain is replaced by a smaller side-chain so that steric effects are minimal. When these delta(delta G) values are corrected to the same accessibility, namely 100% buried, then the following -delta(delta G) values per -CH2- group (in kcal/mol) are obtained: Ile----Val (1.26), Ala (1.26), Gly (1.26); Leu----Ala (1.16), Gly (1.21); Val----Ala (1.23), Gly (1.53). The average of these values is 1.27(+/- 0.07) kcal/mol. The 72 individual values range from 0 to 2.4 kcal/mol with an average value of 1.27(+/- 0.51) (standard deviation) kcal/mol. When the delta Gtr values from n-octanol to water are corrected for the difference in volume between the solutes and the solvents, the average value for the same substitutions is 1.25(+/- 0.05) kcal/mol. This suggests that proteins gain 1.3(+/- 0.5) kcal/mol in stability for each -CH2- group buried in folding, and, furthermore, that the volume corrected delta Gtr values for n-octanol for the amino acid side-chains provide good estimates of the contribution of the hydrophobic effect to globular protein stability.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
226
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
29-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Contribution of the hydrophobic effect to globular protein stability.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-1114.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't