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The Rate of Isomerisation of Peptidyl-proline Bonds as a Probe for Interactions in the Physiological Denatured State of Chymotrypsin Inhibitor 2

Tan, Yee-Joo ; Oliveberg, Mikael LU ; Otzen, Daniel E and Fersht, Alan R (1997) In Journal of Molecular Biology 269(4). p.611-622
Abstract
There are four peptidyl-proline bonds in the 64-residue protein chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 (CI2), all of which are in the trans conformation in the native structure. The isomerisation of one or more of these peptidyl-proline bonds to the cis conformation in the denatured state gives rise to heterogeneity, leading to both fast and slow-folding species. The refolding of the fast-folding species, which has all trans peptidyl-proline bonds, is much faster than that of the slow-folding species, which have one or more cis peptidyl-proline bonds. In CI2, the slow-folding species can be classified into two groups by their rates of refolding, temperature-dependence, pH-dependence and [GdmCl]-dependence of the rate constants and the effect of... (More)
There are four peptidyl-proline bonds in the 64-residue protein chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 (CI2), all of which are in the trans conformation in the native structure. The isomerisation of one or more of these peptidyl-proline bonds to the cis conformation in the denatured state gives rise to heterogeneity, leading to both fast and slow-folding species. The refolding of the fast-folding species, which has all trans peptidyl-proline bonds, is much faster than that of the slow-folding species, which have one or more cis peptidyl-proline bonds. In CI2, the slow-folding species can be classified into two groups by their rates of refolding, temperature-dependence, pH-dependence and [GdmCl]-dependence of the rate constants and the effect of peptidyl-prolyl isomerase on the rate constants. The replacement of Pro6 by Ala removes one of the slow refolding phases, suggesting that the cis peptidyl-Pro6 conformation is solely responsible for one of the slow-folding species. Pro6 is located in a region of the protein where non-random interactions have been found in a series of N-terminal fragments of CI2 (residues 1 to 13, 1 to 25, 1 to 28 and 1 to 40). In addition, NMR studies on a mutant fragment, (1-40)T3A, have confirmed that this non-native interaction is associated with the bulky side-chain of Trp5. The atypical rate of cis to trans isomerisation of the peptidyl-Pro bond is indicative of the presence of a similar hydrophobic cluster in the physiological denatured state of intact CI2. (Less)
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Elsevier
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1089-8638
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10.1006/jmbi.1997.1043
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  abstract     = {{There are four peptidyl-proline bonds in the 64-residue protein chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 (CI2), all of which are in the trans conformation in the native structure. The isomerisation of one or more of these peptidyl-proline bonds to the cis conformation in the denatured state gives rise to heterogeneity, leading to both fast and slow-folding species. The refolding of the fast-folding species, which has all trans peptidyl-proline bonds, is much faster than that of the slow-folding species, which have one or more cis peptidyl-proline bonds. In CI2, the slow-folding species can be classified into two groups by their rates of refolding, temperature-dependence, pH-dependence and [GdmCl]-dependence of the rate constants and the effect of peptidyl-prolyl isomerase on the rate constants. The replacement of Pro6 by Ala removes one of the slow refolding phases, suggesting that the cis peptidyl-Pro6 conformation is solely responsible for one of the slow-folding species. Pro6 is located in a region of the protein where non-random interactions have been found in a series of N-terminal fragments of CI2 (residues 1 to 13, 1 to 25, 1 to 28 and 1 to 40). In addition, NMR studies on a mutant fragment, (1-40)T3A, have confirmed that this non-native interaction is associated with the bulky side-chain of Trp5. The atypical rate of cis to trans isomerisation of the peptidyl-Pro bond is indicative of the presence of a similar hydrophobic cluster in the physiological denatured state of intact CI2.}},
  author       = {{Tan, Yee-Joo and Oliveberg, Mikael and Otzen, Daniel E and Fersht, Alan R}},
  issn         = {{1089-8638}},
  keywords     = {{protein; folding; cis-trans}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{4}},
  pages        = {{611--622}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Journal of Molecular Biology}},
  title        = {{The Rate of Isomerisation of Peptidyl-proline Bonds as a Probe for Interactions in the Physiological Denatured State of Chymotrypsin Inhibitor 2}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jmbi.1997.1043}},
  doi          = {{10.1006/jmbi.1997.1043}},
  volume       = {{269}},
  year         = {{1997}},
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