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ArticleBiophysical journal2003

Structurally homologous all beta-barrel proteins adopt different mechanisms of folding.

Thiagarajan Srimathi, Thallampuranam Krishnaswamy S Kumar, Karuppanan Muthusamy Kathir, Ya-Hui Chi, Sampath Srisailam, Wann-Yin Lin, Ing-Ming Chiu, Chin Yu

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Thiagarajan SrimathiDepartment of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
Thallampuranam Krishnaswamy S Kumar
Karuppanan Muthusamy Kathir
Ya-Hui Chi
Sampath Srisailam
Wann-Yin Lin
Ing-Ming Chiu
Chin Yu
National Tsing Hua University · TWUniversity of Arkansas at Fayetteville · USNational Taiwan University · TWThe Ohio State University · US

Funding

NCRR NIH HHS 1 P20 RR155691
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acidic fibroblast growth factors from human (hFGF-1) and newt (nFGF-1) (Notopthalamus viridescens) are 16-kDa, all beta-sheet proteins with nearly identical three-dimensional structures. Guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl)-induced unfolding of hFGF-1 and nFGF-1 monitored by fluorescence and far-UV circular dichroism (CD) shows that the FGF-1 isoforms differ significantly in their thermodynamic stabilities. GdnHCl-induced unfolding of nFGF-1 follows a two-state (Native state to Denatured state(s)) mechanism without detectable intermediate(s). By contrast, unfolding of hFGF-1 monitored by fluorescence, far-UV circular dichroism, size-exclusion chromatography, and NMR spectroscopy shows that the unfolding process is noncooperative and proceeds with the accumulation of stable intermediate(s) at 0.96 M GdnHCl. The intermediate (in hFGF-1) populated maximally at 0.96 M GdnHCl has molten globule-like properties and shows strong binding affinity to the hydrophobic dye, 1-Anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate (ANS). Refolding kinetics of hFGF-1 and nFGF-1 monitored by stopped-flow fluorescence reveal that hFGF-1 and nFGF-1 adopts different folding mechanisms. The observed differences in the folding/unfolding mechanisms of nFGF-1 and hFGF-1 are proposed to be either due to differential stabilizing effects of the charged denaturant (Gdn(+) Cl(-)) on the intermediate state(s) and/or due to differences in the structural interactions stabilizing the native conformation(s) of the FGF-1 isoforms.

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Protein FoldingSequence Homology, Amino AcidSpecies SpecificityAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsChromatography, GelDeuterium Exchange MeasurementFibroblast Growth Factor 1HumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular Sequence DataNotophthalmus viridescensProtein ConformationProtein DenaturationProtein IsoformsSpectrometry, FluorescenceFibroblast Growth Factor 1Protein Isoforms

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PMID12829501
PMCPMC1303102
OpenAlexW2035733019

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