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Solvation in protein (un)folding of melittin tetramer-monomer transition.


ABSTRACT: Protein structural integrity and flexibility are intimately tied to solvation. Here, we examine the effect that changes in bulk and local solvent properties have on protein structure and stability. We observe the change in solvation of an unfolding of the protein model, melittin, in the presence of a denaturant, trifluoroethanol. The peptide system displays a well defined transition in that the tetramer unfolds without disrupting the secondary or tertiary structure. In the absence of local structural perturbation, we are able to reveal exclusively the role of solvation dynamics in protein structure stabilization and the (un)folding pathway. A sudden retardation in solvent dynamics, which is coupled to the change in protein structure, is observed at a critical trifluoroethanol concentration. The large amplitude conformational changes are regulated by the local solvent hydrophobicity and bulk solvent viscosity.

SUBMITTER: Othon CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2722364 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Solvation in protein (un)folding of melittin tetramer-monomer transition.

Othon Christina M CM   Kwon Oh-Hoon OH   Lin Milo M MM   Zewail Ahmed H AH  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090721 31


Protein structural integrity and flexibility are intimately tied to solvation. Here, we examine the effect that changes in bulk and local solvent properties have on protein structure and stability. We observe the change in solvation of an unfolding of the protein model, melittin, in the presence of a denaturant, trifluoroethanol. The peptide system displays a well defined transition in that the tetramer unfolds without disrupting the secondary or tertiary structure. In the absence of local struc  ...[more]

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