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Deuteration of nonexchangeable protons on proteins affects their thermal stability, side-chain dynamics, and hydrophobicity.

ABSTRACT: We have investigated the effect of deuteration of non-exchangeable protons on protein global thermal stability, hydrophobicity, and local flexibility using well-known thermostable model systems such as the villin headpiece subdomain (HP36) and the third immunoglobulin G-binding domain of protein G (GB3). Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) measurements as a function of temperature probe global thermal stability in the presence of acetonitrile, while differential scanning calorimetry determines thermal stability in solution. Both indicate small but measurable changes in the order of several degrees. RP-HPLC also permitted quantification of the effect of deuteration of just three core phenylalanine side chains of HP36. NMR dynamics investigation has focused on methyl axes motions using cross-correlated relaxation measurements. The analysis of order parameters provided a complex picture indicating that deuteration generally increases motional amplitudes of sub-nanosecond motion in GB3 but decreases those in HP36. Combined with earlier dynamics measurements at C_α -C_β sites and backbone sites of GB3, which probed slower time scales, the results point to the need to probe multiple atoms in the protein and variety of time scales to the discern the full complexity of the effects of deuteration on dynamics.

SUBMITTER: Nichols PJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7314392 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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