PMID: 2110472Mar 13, 1990Paper

pH dependence of the urea and guanidine hydrochloride denaturation of ribonuclease A and ribonuclease T1

Biochemistry
C N PaceJ A Thomson

Abstract

To investigate the pH dependence of the conformational stability of ribonucleases A and T1, urea and guanidine hydrochloride denaturation curves have been determined over the pH range 2-10. The maximum conformational stability of both proteins is about 9 kcal/mol and occurs near pH 4.5 for ribonuclease T1 and between pH 7 and 9 for ribonuclease A. The pH dependence suggests that electrostatic interactions among the charged groups make a relatively small contribution to the conformational stability of these proteins. The dependence of delta G on urea concentration increases from about 1200 cal mol-1 M-1 at high pH to about 2400 cal mol-1 M-1 at low pH for ribonuclease A. This suggests that the unfolded conformations of RNase A become more accessible to urea as the net charge on the molecule increases. For RNase T1, the dependence of delta G on urea concentration is minimal near pH 6 and increases at both higher and lower pH. An analysis of information of this type for several proteins in terms of a model developed by Tanford [Tanford, C. (1964) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 86, 2050-2059] suggests that the unfolded states of proteins in urea and GdnHCl solutions may differ significantly in the extent of their interaction with denaturants. T...Continue Reading

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