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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2013

Stabilization of a protein conferred by an increase in folded state entropy.

Shlomi Dagan, Tzachi Hagai, Yulian Gavrilov, Ruti Kapon, Yaakov Levy, Ziv Reich

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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6 authors.

Shlomi DaganDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
Tzachi Hagai
Yulian Gavrilov
Ruti Kapon
Yaakov Levy
Ziv Reich

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Entropic stabilization of native protein structures typically relies on strategies that serve to decrease the entropy of the unfolded state. Here we report, using a combination of experimental and computational approaches, on enhanced thermodynamic stability conferred by an increase in the configurational entropy of the folded state. The enhanced stability is observed upon modifications of a loop region in the enzyme acylphosphatase and is achieved despite significant enthalpy losses. The modifications that lead to increased stability, as well as those that result in destabilization, however, strongly compromise enzymatic activity, rationalizing the preservation of the native loop structure even though it does not provide the protein with maximal stability or kinetic foldability.

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Protein StabilityAcid Anhydride HydrolasesAcylphosphataseBiophysical PhenomenaComputer SimulationEntropyEnzyme StabilityHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationMutagenesis, InsertionalMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutant ProteinsProtein FoldingThermodynamicsAcid Anhydride HydrolasesAcylphosphataseMutant Proteinsloop closure entropymolecular dynamicsprotein folding

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PMID23754389
PMCPMC3696814

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