A novel procedure for identification of the folding/unfolding patterns of dimeric proteins. (English) Zbl 1397.92529
Summary: The unfolding of proteins has been widely used for investigating the thermodynamic properties of monomeric proteins but has been used infrequently for dimeric (or oligomeric) proteins, because of the inherent cooperation of denaturation and dissociation of the dimers (oligomers). Here, we introduce a thermodynamic parameter \(K_{\mathrm{obs}}\) to discriminate the diverse folding patterns of dimeric proteins. \(K_{\mathrm{obs}}\) remains constant as the protein concentration increases for the true one-step curve of unfolding pattern (A), increases and reaches a plateau for one-step curves with monomeric intermediate pattern (B), and increases steadily with no plateau for one-step curves with dimeric intermediate pattern (C).
MSC:
| 92D20 | Protein sequences, DNA sequences |
Keywords:
conformational stability; equilibrium denaturation; protein unfolding model; dimeric proteins; protein concentrationReferences:
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