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A stabilizing alpha/beta-hydrophobic core greatly contributes to hyperthermostability of archaeal [P62A]Ssh10b
Authors:Fang Xianyang  Cui Qiu  Tong Yufeng  Feng Yingang  Shan Lu  Huang Li  Wang Jinfeng
Institution:National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China.
Abstract:The hyperthermophilic Ssh10b from Sulfolobus shibatae is a member of the Sac10b family, which has been postulated to play a role in chromosomal organization in Archaea. Ssh10b is capable of significantly constraining negative DNA supercoils at elevated temperatures. In this study, the solution structure of the dimeric P62A mutant Ssh10b (P62A]Ssh10b) was determined by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. The backbone 15N dynamics, H/D exchange with and without the denaturant GdmSCN, and chemical and thermal denaturation experiments were performed to investigate the molecular basis of high thermostability of P62A]Ssh10b. Data analysis has revealed an alpha/beta-hydrophobic core consisting of two alpha-helices and one beta-sheet which are stabilized by cooperative hydrophobic and hydrogen-bonding interactions. This stabilizing alpha/beta-hydrophobic core of P62A]Ssh10b exhibiting highly restricted internal motions is composed of residues having highly protected amide protons which exchange with solvent mostly by means of a global unfolding process. The K40N mutation greatly destabilizes the mutant P62A]Ssh10b because this mutation disturbs the packing of alpha-helix against the beta-sheet reducing the stability of the alpha/beta-hydrophobic core in the mutant protein. In comparison with homologous mesophilic and thermophilic proteins, it can be presumed that the stabilizing alpha/beta-hydrophobic core in the P62A]Ssh10b structure greatly contributes to the high thermostability of the protein.
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