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Folding is coupled to dimerization of Tctex-1 dynein light chain.


ABSTRACT: Equilibrium analyses have been performed to elucidate the role of dimerization in folding and stability of dynein light chain Tctex-1. The equilibrium unfolding transition was monitored by intrinsic fluorescence intensity, fluorescence anisotropy, and circular dichroism and was modeled as a two-state mechanism where a folded dimer dissociates to two unfolded monomers without populating thermodynamically stable monomeric or dimeric intermediates. Sedimentation equilibrium and chemical cross-linking experiments performed at increasing concentrations of denaturants show no change in the association state before the unfolding transition and are consistent with the two-state model of dissociation coupled to unfolding. A linear dependence on denaturant concentration is observed by fluorescence intensity and anisotropy before unfolding in the 0-2 M GdnCl, and 0-4 M urea concentration range. This change is not protein concentration-dependent and possibly reflects relief of quenching associated with premelting conformational disorder in the vicinity of Trp 83. The data clearly show that the dissociation-coupled unfolding mechanism of Tctex-1 is different from the three-state denaturation mechanism of its structural homologue light chain LC8. The absence of a stable monomer in Tctex-1 offers insight into its functional differences from LC8.

SUBMITTER: Talbott M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2570205 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Folding is coupled to dimerization of Tctex-1 dynein light chain.

Talbott Matthew M   Hare Michael M   Nyarko Afua A   Hays Thomas S TS   Barbar Elisar E  

Biochemistry 20060601 22


Equilibrium analyses have been performed to elucidate the role of dimerization in folding and stability of dynein light chain Tctex-1. The equilibrium unfolding transition was monitored by intrinsic fluorescence intensity, fluorescence anisotropy, and circular dichroism and was modeled as a two-state mechanism where a folded dimer dissociates to two unfolded monomers without populating thermodynamically stable monomeric or dimeric intermediates. Sedimentation equilibrium and chemical cross-linki  ...[more]

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