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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

NMR Dynamic View of the Destabilization of WW4 Domain by Chaotropic GdmCl and NaSCN.

Liang-Zhong Lim, Jianxing Song

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Liang-Zhong LimDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore.
Jianxing SongDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0224-6322

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Ministry of Education (MOE) of Singapore A-8000711-00-00
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Abstract

GdmCl and NaSCN are two strong chaotropic salts commonly used in protein folding and stability studies, but their microscopic mechanisms remain enigmatic. Here, by CD and NMR, we investigated their effects on conformations, stability, binding and backbone dynamics on ps-ns and µs-ms time scales of a 39-residue but well-folded WW4 domain at salt concentrations ≤200 mM. Up to 200 mM, both denaturants did not alter the tertiary packing of WW4, but GdmCl exerted more severe destabilization than NaSCN. Intriguingly, GdmCl had only weak binding to amide protons, while NaSCN showed extensive binding to both hydrophobic side chains and amide protons. Neither denaturant significantly affected the overall ps-ns backbone dynamics, but they distinctively altered µs-ms backbone dynamics. This study unveils that GdmCl and NaSCN destabilize a protein before the global unfolding occurs with differential binding properties and µs-ms backbone dynamics, implying the absence of a simple correlation between thermodynamic stability and backbone dynamics of WW4 at both ps-ns and µs-ms time scales.

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Protein StabilityMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMolecular Dynamics SimulationNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein DenaturationProtein DomainsProtein FoldingThermodynamicsWW Domainschaotropic ionHofmeister seriesNMR spectroscopyprotein conformationprotein denaturationprotein dynamicsprotein stability

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PMID39000450
PMCPMC11242413

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