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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

The Nature of the Enthalpy-Entropy Compensation and "Exotic" Arrhenius Parameters in the Denaturation Kinetics of Proteins.

Alexey V Baklanov, Vitaly G Kiselev

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. 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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2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alexey V BaklanovInstitute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion SB RAS, 3 Institutskaya Street, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-5042-888X
Vitaly G KiselevInstitute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion SB RAS, 3 Institutskaya Street, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-2721-539X
Novosibirsk State University · RUSiberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences · RU

Funding

Russian Science Foundation 23-23-00275
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein unfolding is a ubiquitous process responsible for the loss of protein functionality (denaturation), which, in turn, can be accompanied by the death of cells and organisms. The nature of enthalpy-entropy compensation (EEC) in the kinetics of protein unfolding is a subject of debate. In order to investigate the nature of EEC, the "completely loose" transition state (TS) model has been applied to calculate the Arrhenius parameters for the unfolding of polyglycine dimers as a model process. The calculated Arrhenius parameters increase with increasing dimer length and demonstrate enthalpy-entropy compensation. It is shown that EEC results from the linear correlations of enthalpy and entropy of activation with dimer length, which are derived directly from the properties of the transition state. It is shown that EEC in solvated (hydrated, etc.) proteins is a direct consequence of EEC in proteins themselves. The suggested model allows us also to reproduce and explain "exotic" very high values of the pre-exponential factor measured for the proteins unfolding, which are drastically higher than those known for unimolecular reactions of organic molecules. A similar approach can be applied to analyzing the nature of EEC phenomena observed in other areas of chemistry.

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ProteinsProtein UnfoldingEntropyKineticsProtein DenaturationThermodynamicsProteinsArrhenius parameters“completely loose” transition stateenthalpy–entropy compensationpolyglycine dimerproteinsolvation effecttransition state theoryunfolding

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