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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 417, Issue 5, Pages 413-424Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.02.002
Keywords
cold denaturation; frataxin; NMR; protein stability; SAXS
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- Royal Society (NIMR) [U.1175.03.002.00001.04]
- Autonomous University of Barcelona
- FP7 e-Infrastructure project WeNMR [261572]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117533887, MC_U117584256] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U117533887, MC_U117584256] Funding Source: UKRI
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Protein unfolding occurs at both low and high temperatures, although in most cases, only the high-temperature transition can be experimentally studied. A pressing question is how much the low- and high-temperature denatured states, although thermodynamically equivalent, are structurally and kinetically similar. We have combined experimental and computational approaches to compare the high- and low-temperature unfolded states of Yfh1, a natural protein that, at physiologic pH, undergoes cold and heat denaturation around 0 degrees C and 40 degrees C without the help of ad hoc destabilization. We observe that the two denatured states have similar but not identical residual secondary structures, different kinetics and compactness and a remarkably different degree of hydration. We use molecular dynamics simulations to rationalize the role of solvation and its effect on protein stability. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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