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9772176

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
41
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Guanidine-induced denaturation of Sulfolobus solfataricus beta-glycosidase expressed in Escherichia coli, Sbetagly, was investigated at pH 6.5 and 25 degreesC by means of circular dichroism and fluorescence measurements. The process proved reversible when the protein concentration was lower than 0.01 mg mL-1. Moreover, the transition curves determined by fluorescence did not coincide with those determined by circular dichroism, and the GuHCl concentration corresponding at half-completion of the transition increased on raising the protein concentration in the range 0.001-0.1 mg mL-1. Gel filtration chromatography experiments showed that, in the range 2-4 M GuHCl, there was an equilibrium among tetrameric, dimeric, and monomeric species. These findings, unequivocally, indicated that the guanidine-induced denaturation of Sbetagly was not a two-state transition with concomitant unfolding and dissociation of the four subunits. A mechanism involving a dimeric intermediate species was proposed and was able to fit the experimental fluorescence intensity transition profiles, allowing the estimation of the total denaturation Gibbs energy change at 25 degreesC and pH 6.5. This figure, when normalized for the number of residues, showed that, at room temperature, Sbetagly has a stability similar to that of mesophilic proteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
13
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14484-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Guanidine-induced denaturation of beta-glycosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus expressed in Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Chimica, Universit'a di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't