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- Title
Folding/Unfolding Kinetics of Apomyoglobin.
- Authors
Baryshnikova, E. N.; Melnik, B. S.; Semisotnov, G. V.; Bychkova, V. E.
- Abstract
The equilibrium and kinetic folding/unfolding of apomyoglobin (ApoMb) were studied at pH 6.2, 11 °C by recording tryptophan fluorescence. The equilibrium unfolding of ApoMb in the presence of urea was shown to involve accumulation of an intermediate state, which had a higher fluorescence intensity as compared with the native and unfolded states. The folding proceeded through two kinetic phases, a rapid transition from the unfolded to the intermediate state and a slow transition from the intermediate to the native state. The accumulation of the kinetic intermediate state was observed in a wide range of urea concentrations. The intermediate was detected even in the region corresponding to the unfolding limb of the chevron plot. Urea concentration dependence was obtained for the observed folding/unfolding rate. The shape of the dependence was compared with that of two-state proteins characterized by a direct transition from the unfolded to the native state.
- Subjects
MYOGLOBIN; BLOOD proteins; PROTEIN folding; TRYPTOPHAN; FLUORESCENCE; UREA; PROTEINS; PROTEIN conformation
- Publication
Molecular Biology, 2005, Vol 39, Issue 6, p884
- ISSN
0026-8933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11008-005-0109-6