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ArticleBiophysical journal2019

CcdB at pH 4 Forms a Partially Unfolded State with a Dry Core.

Chetana Baliga, Benjamin Selmke, Irina Worobiew, Peter Borbat, Siddhartha P Sarma, Wolfgang E Trommer, Raghavan Varadarajan, Nilesh Aghera

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2019. 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.

Chetana BaligaMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Benjamin SelmkeDepartment of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Irina WorobiewDepartment of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Peter BorbatDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, ACERT National Biomedical Center for Advanced ESR Technology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Siddhartha P SarmaMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Wolfgang E TrommerDepartment of Chemistry, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.
Raghavan VaradarajanMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Nilesh AgheraMolecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: nilesha@iisc.ac.in.

Funding

TR&D 4 for ACERT, 2017-2021 funding periodP41GM103521 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI FREED, JACK H · 2012 to 2021
$11.7M
Resource for Biocomputing Visualization and InformaticsP41GM103311 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FERRIN, THOMAS E · 2012 to 2017
$8.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103311NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

pH is an important factor that affects the protein structure, stability, and activity. Here, we probe the nature of the low-pH structural form of the homodimeric CcdB (controller of cell death B) protein. Characterization of CcdB protein at pH 4 and 300 K using circular dichroism spectroscopy, 8-anilino-1-naphthalene-sulphonate binding, and Trp solvation studies suggests that it forms a partially unfolded state with a dry core at equilibrium under these conditions. CcdB remains dimeric at pH 4 as shown by multiple techniques, such as size-exclusion chromatography coupled to multiangle light scattering, analytical ultracentrifugation, and electron paramagnetic resonance. Comparative analysis using two-dimensional

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Protein UnfoldingAnisotropyBacterial ProteinsHydrogen BondingHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationModels, MolecularProtein MultimerizationProtein Structure, QuaternaryBacterial ProteinsCcdB protein, Plasmid F

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PMID30777307
PMCPMC6401195

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