2008
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710409105
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Temperature and pressure dependence of protein stability: The engineered fluorescein-binding lipocalin FluA shows an elliptic phase diagram

Abstract: We have measured the equilibrium constant for the denaturation transition of the engineered fluorescein-binding lipocalin FluA as a function of pressure and temperature, taking advantage of the fact that the ligand's fluorescence is almost fully quenched when complexed with the folded protein, but reversibly reappears on denaturation. From the equilibrium constant as a function of pressure and temperature all of the involved thermodynamic parameters of protein folding, in particular the changes in entropy and … Show more

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“…In conjunction with different molecular biology techniques such as direct mutagenesis, circular permutation and Förster resonance energy transfer, various fluorescent proteins have been developed to study the effects of intracellular properties including pH, Ca 2+ -concentration, and tensile force within a protein, on cellular behavior [69]. Despite their importance in numerous cellular processes, fluorescent proteins have not proven usable for measuring the physicochemical state of water, which affects protein functions, i.e., the enzymatic activity and structural stability of a protein strongly depend on the temperature and/or pressure of the solution [1012]. Although the fluorescence intensity of fluorescent protein actually depends on the temperature and hydrostatic pressure, the intensity changes are too small to measure [13,14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In conjunction with different molecular biology techniques such as direct mutagenesis, circular permutation and Förster resonance energy transfer, various fluorescent proteins have been developed to study the effects of intracellular properties including pH, Ca 2+ -concentration, and tensile force within a protein, on cellular behavior [69]. Despite their importance in numerous cellular processes, fluorescent proteins have not proven usable for measuring the physicochemical state of water, which affects protein functions, i.e., the enzymatic activity and structural stability of a protein strongly depend on the temperature and/or pressure of the solution [1012]. Although the fluorescence intensity of fluorescent protein actually depends on the temperature and hydrostatic pressure, the intensity changes are too small to measure [13,14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In addition, many globular proteins are also destabilized at low (subzero) temperatures, a process known as ''cold denaturation'' (8). Cold denaturation is experimentally accomplished with the help of elevated pressures (2), leading to a characteristic tongue-shaped P,T-stability diagram, found for many globular proteins (9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Hydrophobic forces play a key role in the protein folding process (16)(17)(18), but it is the balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic forces that determines the conformational equilibrium.…”
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“…The binding of RecA protein from EC shows a hyperbolic phase diagram in the (P;T) plane near the transition to the commonly found elliptic phase diagrams found for the stability of various proteins (35,39,40). For TT, the region of the phase diagram above T > 60°C was not accessible, so we could not calculate the shape of the entire phase boundary like EC and extract thermodynamic parameters.…”
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confidence: 90%