Differences in the denaturation behavior of ribonuclease A induced by temperature and guanidine hydrochloride |
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Authors: | Arnold U Ulbrich-Hofmann R |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle, Germany;(2) Present address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706;(3) Department of Biochemistry/Biotechnology, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, D-06120 Halle, Germany |
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Abstract: | Moderate temperatures or low concentrations of denaturants diminish the catalytic activity of some enzymes before spectroscopic methods indicate protein unfolding. To discriminate between possible reasons for the inactivation of ribonuclease A, we investigated the influence of temperature and guanidine hydrochloride on its proteolytic susceptibility to proteinase K by determining the proteolytic rate constants and fragment patterns. The results were related to changes of activity and spectroscopic properties of ribonuclease A. With thermal denaturation, the changes in activity and in the rate constants of proteolytic degradation coincide and occur slightly before the spectroscopically observable transition. In the case of guanidine hydrochloride-induced denaturation, however, proteolytic resistance of ribonuclease A initially increases accompanied by a drastic activity decrease far before unfolding of the protein is detected by spectroscopy or proteolysis. In addition to ionic effects, a tightening of the protein structure at low guanidine hydrochloride concentrations is suggested to be responsible for ribonuclease A inactivation. |
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Keywords: | Ribonuclease A limited proteolysis temperature guanidine hydrochloride unfolding |
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