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ArticleBiophysical journal2012

Highly perturbed pKa values in the unfolded state of hen egg white lysozyme.

John Bradley, Fergal O'Meara, Damien Farrell, Jens Erik Nielsen

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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John BradleySchool of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Fergal O'Meara
Damien Farrell
Jens Erik Nielsen

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Abstract

The majority of pK(a) values in protein unfolded states are close to the amino acid model pK(a) values, thus reflecting the weak intramolecular interactions present in the unfolded ensemble of most proteins. We have carried out thermal denaturation measurements on the WT and eight mutants of HEWL from pH 1.5 to pH 11.0 to examine the unfolded state pK(a) values and the pH dependence of protein stability for this enzyme. The availability of accurate pK(a) values for the folded state of HEWL and separate measurements of mutant-induced effects on the folded state pK(a) values, allows us to estimate the pK(a) values of seven acidic residues in the unfolded state of HEWL. Asp-48 and Asp-66 display pK(a) values of 2.9 and 3.1 in our analysis, thus representing the most depressed unfolded state pK(a) values observed to date. We observe a strong correlation between the folded state pK(a) values and the unfolded state pK(a) values of HEWL, thus suggesting that the unfolded state of HEWL possesses a large degree of native state characteristics.

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Chemical PhenomenaProtein DenaturationAnimalsHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMolecular Dynamics SimulationMuramidaseMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationProtein StabilityTemperaturehen egg lysozymeMuramidase

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PMID22500764
PMCPMC3318136

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