NRC consensus ankyrin repeat protein solution structureNRC consensus ankyrin repeat protein solution structure

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2l6b is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli. Full experimental information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Solution NMR
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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Cooperativity is a defining feature of protein folding, but its thermodynamic and structural origins are not completely understood. By constructing consensus ankyrin repeat protein arrays that have nearly identical sequences, we quantify cooperativity by resolving stability into intrinsic and interfacial components. Heteronuclear NMR and CD spectroscopy show that these constructs adopt ankyrin repeat structures. Applying a one-dimensional Ising model to a series of constructs chosen to maximize information content in unfolding transitions, we quantify stabilities of the terminal capping repeats, and resolve the effects of denaturant into intrinsic and interfacial components. Reversible thermal denaturation resolves interfacial and intrinsic free energies into enthalpic, entropic, and heat capacity terms. Intrinsic folding is entropically disfavored, whereas interfacial interaction is entropically favored and attends a decrease in heat capacity. These results suggest that helix formation and backbone ordering occurs upon intrinsic folding, whereas hydrophobic desolvation occurs upon interfacial interaction, contributing to cooperativity.

The contribution of entropy, enthalpy, and hydrophobic desolvation to cooperativity in repeat-protein folding.,Aksel T, Majumdar A, Barrick D Structure. 2011 Mar 9;19(3):349-60. PMID:21397186[1]

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References

  1. Aksel T, Majumdar A, Barrick D. The contribution of entropy, enthalpy, and hydrophobic desolvation to cooperativity in repeat-protein folding. Structure. 2011 Mar 9;19(3):349-60. PMID:21397186 doi:10.1016/j.str.2010.12.018
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