Stability and folding of a mutant ribose-binding protein ofEscherichia coli |
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Authors: | Joon-Sik Kim Hyoungman Kim |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 373-1 Kusong-Dong, Yusong-Gu, 305-701, Taejon, Korea
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Abstract: | A mature mutant ribose-binding protein (RBP) ofEscherichia coli was obtained by site-directed mutagenesis, replacing Thr-3 in the N-domain of wild-type mature RBP (WT-mRBP) with a Trp residue (N-Trp-mRBP). The equilibrium unfolding properties and the refolding kinetics of this protein were monitored by fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD). The stability of N-Trp-mRBP appears to be the same as that of C-Trp-mRBP, another mutant obtained by replacing Phe-187 with a Trp, and lower than that of WT-mRBP. The overall refolding rate of N-Trp-mRBP is much smaller than that of C-Trp-mRBP, which, in turn, is similar to that of WT-mRBP. For the case of WT-mRBP, the rate constant obtained by Tyr fluorescence is identical to the value obtained by CD. But with C-Trp-mRBP, the rate constant from CD is smaller than the value from the Trp fluorescence and this difference in the rate constants is much greater with the N-TrpmRBP. |
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