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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the role of helix formation in the folding of protein L, a 62 residue alpha/beta protein, we studied the consequences of both single and multiple mutations in the helix on the kinetics of folding. A triple mutant with 11 additional carbon atoms in core residues in the amino-terminal portion of the helix folded substantially faster than wild type, suggesting that hydrophobic association with residues elsewhere in the protein occurs at the rate-limiting step in folding. However, helix-destabilizing mutations had little effect on the rate of folding; in particular, a triple glycine substitution on the solvent-exposed side of the helix increased the unfolding rate 56-fold while reducing the folding rate less than threefold. Thus, in contrast to the predictions of models of folding involving the coalescence of well-formed secondary structure elements, the single helix in protein L appears to be largely disrupted at the rate-limiting step in folding and unfolding.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2836
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1998 Academic Press
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
807-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The single helix in protein L is largely disrupted at the rate-limiting step in folding.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, 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