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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
A central step in understanding lens aging is to characterize the thermodynamic stability of its proteins and determine the consequences of changes in the primary sequence on their folding equilibria. For this purpose, destabilized mutations were introduced in betaB1-crystallin targeting the domain interface within the fold of a subunit. Global unfolding was monitored by tryptophan fluorescence while concomitant structural changes at the dimer interface were monitored by fluorescence and spin labels. Both spectral probes report explicit evidence of multi-state unfolding equilibrium. The biphasic nature of the unfolding curves was more pronounced at higher protein concentration. Distinct shifts in the midpoint of the second transition reflect the population of a dimeric intermediate. This intermediate may be a critical determinant for the life-long stability of the beta-crystallins and has important consequences on interactions with alpha-crystallin.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
581
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1933-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of betaB1-crystallin unfolding equilibrium by spin and fluorescence labeling: evidence of a dimeric intermediate.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural