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ArticleBiophysical journal2009

Thermal-induced dissociation and unfolding of homodimeric DsbC revealed by temperature-jump time-resolved infrared spectra.

Heng Li, Huimin Ke, Guoping Ren, Xianggang Qiu, Yu-Xiang Weng, Chih-Chen Wang

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Heng LiLaboratory of Soft Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Huimin Ke
Guoping Ren
Xianggang Qiu
Yu-Xiang Weng
Chih-Chen Wang
Institute of Biophysics · CNInstitute of Physics · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CNUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thermal stability of DsbC, a homodimeric protein disulfide isomerase in prokaryotic periplasm, has been studied by using temperature-dependent Fourier transformation infrared and time-resolved infrared spectroscopy coupled with temperature-jump initiation. The infrared absorbance thermal titration curves for thermal-induced unfolding of DsbC in D(2)O exhibit a three-state transition with the first transition midpoint temperature at 37.1 +/- 1.1 degrees C corresponding to dissociation, and the second at >74.5 degrees C corresponding to global unfolding and aggregation. The dissociation midpoint temperature of DsbC in phosphate buffer shifts to 49.2 +/- 0.7 degrees C. Temperature-jump time-resolved infrared spectra in D(2)O shows that DsbC dissociates into the corresponding germinate monomeric encounter pair with a time constant of 40 +/- 10 ns independent of the protein concentration and 77% of the newly formed monomeric encounter pair undergoes further coil to helix/loop transition with a time constant of 160 +/- 10 ns. The encounter pair is expected to proceed with further dissociation into monomers. The dissociation of DsbC is confirmed by size-exclusion chromatography and subunit hybridization. The in vivo oxidase activity of DsbC attributed to the monomer has also been observed by using cadmium sensitivity and the oxidative state of beta-lactamase.

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beta-LactamasesCadmiumChromatography, GelDeuterium OxideEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsModels, ChemicalModels, MolecularOxidation-ReductionProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesProtein FoldingProtein MultimerizationProtein StabilityProtein Structure, SecondaryRecombinant ProteinsSpectrophotometry, Infraredbeta-LactamasesCadmiumDeuterium OxidedsbA protein, E colidsbC protein, E coliEscherichia coli ProteinsProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID19917236
PMCPMC2776246
OpenAlexW2145077968

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