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Jacob, Maik H. ; Schindler, Thomas ; Balbach, Jochen ; Schmid, Franz X.:
Diffusion control in an elementary protein folding reaction.
In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Vol. 94
(1997)
Issue 11
.
- pp. 5622-5627.
ISSN 1091-6490
Abstract in another language
The cold-shock protein CspB (from Bacillus subtilis), a very small protein of 67 residues, folds extremely fast in a reversible N &lrharr; U two-state reaction. Both unfolding and refolding are strongly decelerated when the viscosity of the solvent is increased by adding ethylene glycol or sucrose. The folding of CspB thus seems to follow Kramers' model for reactions in which the reactants must diffuse together. It indicates that the compaction of the protein chain occurs in the rate-limiting step of folding. Chain diffusion to a productively collapsed form and the crossing of a high energy barrier are thus tightly coupled in this folding reaction, and the measured reaction rate depends on both the diffusion of the protein chain in the solvent and the magnitude of the activation energy. We suggest that in protein folding an energetic barrier is essential to separate the native from the unfolded conformations of a protein. This barrier protects the ordered structure of a native protein against continuous unfolding by diffusive chain motions and leads to apparent two-state behavior.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Additional notes: | PubMed-ID: 7096284 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors > Professor Biochemistry - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Franz Xaver Schmid Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Professorship Biochemistry Faculties > Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Earth Sciences > Department of Chemistry > Former Professors |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry |
| Date Deposited: | 18 May 2015 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2022 07:26 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/13530 |