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ArticleBiophysical journal2006

Enzyme kinetics above denaturation temperature: a temperature-jump/stopped-flow apparatus.

Bálint Kintses, Zoltán Simon, Máté Gyimesi, Júlia Tóth, Balázs Jelinek, Csaba Niedetzky, Mihály Kovács, András Málnási-Csizmadia

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Bálint KintsesDepartment of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.
Zoltán Simon
Máté Gyimesi
Júlia Tóth
Balázs Jelinek
Csaba Niedetzky
Mihály Kovács
András Málnási-Csizmadia

Funding

Widow inheritance and HIV infection in KenyaR01TW006230 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI · PI AGOT, KAWANGO · 2002 to 2006
$313k
Emerging New Types of MotilityR01TW007241 · FIC · EOTVOS LORAND UNIVERSITY · PI KOVACS, MIHALY · 2005 to 2009
$260k
FIC NIH HHS 1 R01 TW007241-01FIC NIH HHS D43 TW006230FIC NIH HHS R01 TW006230FIC NIH HHS R01 TW007241Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust RM31095
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Abstract

We constructed a "temperature-jump/stopped-flow" apparatus that allows us to study fast enzyme reactions at extremely high temperatures. This apparatus is a redesigned stopped-flow which is capable of mixing the reactants on a submillisecond timescale concomitant with a temperature-jump even as large as 60 degrees C. We show that enzyme reactions that are faster than the denaturation process can be investigated above denaturation temperatures. In addition, the temperature-jump/stopped-flow enables us to investigate at physiological temperature the mechanisms of many human enzymes, which was impossible until now because of their heat instability. Furthermore, this technique is extremely useful in studying the progress of heat-induced protein unfolding. The temperature-jump/stopped-flow method combined with the application of structure-specific fluorescence signals provides novel opportunities to study the stability of certain regions of enzymes and identify the unfolding-initiating regions of proteins. The temperature-jump/stopped-flow technique may become a breakthrough in exploring new features of enzymes and the mechanism of unfolding processes.

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Protein FoldingAnimalsDictyosteliumKineticsMutationMyosin Type IIProtein DenaturationProtein Structure, TertiaryTemperatureMyosin Type II

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PMID17012324
PMCPMC1779911

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