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To investigate the contribution of the folding cores to the thermodynamic stability of RNases H, we used rational design to create two chimeras composed of parts of a thermophilic and a mesophilic RNase H. Each chimera combines the folding core from one parent protein and the remaining parts of the other. Both chimeras form active, well-folded RNases H. Stability curves, based on CD-monitored chemical denaturations, show that the chimera with the thermophilic core is more stable, has a higher midpoint of thermal denaturation, and a lower change in heat capacity (DeltaCp) upon unfolding than the chimera with the mesophilic core. A possible explanation for the low DeltaCp of both the parent thermophilic RNase H and the chimera with the thermophilic core is the residual structure in the denatured state. On the basis of the studied parameters, the chimera with the thermophilic core resembles a true thermophilic protein. Our results suggest that the folding core plays an essential role in conferring thermodynamic parameters to RNases H.

1JL2 is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_and_thermus_thermophilus Escherichia coli and thermus thermophilus]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribonuclease_H Ribonuclease H], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.1.26.4 3.1.26.4] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1JL2 OCA].  

[[Category: Berger, J M.]]

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