Transient Dimer in The Refolding Kinetics of Cytochrome C Characterized by Small-angle X-ray Scattering
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1999
Keywords
Imidazoles, Kinetics, Oligomers, Scattering, X-ray Scattering
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1021/bi991337k
Abstract
The equilibrium unfolding and the kinetic refolding of cytochrome c (Cyt c) in the presence of imidazole were studied with small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The equilibrium unfolding experiments showed the radius of gyration, Rg, of native Cyt c to swell ∼1 Å with the addition of imidazole. The thermodynamic parameter m also reflects an expansion of the protein as its lower value demonstrates an increase in solvent-accessible surface area over that of native Cyt c in the absence of imidazole. Refolding was studied in the presence of imidazole as it prevents misligated intermediate states from forming during the refolding process, simplifying the kinetics, and making them easier to resolve. Time-resolved decreases in the forward scattering amplitude, I(0), demonstrated the transient formation of an aggregated intermediate. Final protein and denaturant concentrations were varied in the refolding kinetics, and the singular value decomposition (SVD) method was employed to characterize the associated state. This state was determined to be a dimer, with properties consistent with a molten globule.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Biochemistry, v. 38, issue 46, p. 15352-15359
Scholar Commons Citation
Segel, Daniel J.; Eliezer, David; Uversky, Vladimir N.; Fink, Anthony L.; Hodgson, Keith O.; and Doniach, Sebastian, "Transient Dimer in The Refolding Kinetics of Cytochrome C Characterized by Small-angle X-ray Scattering" (1999). Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications. 657.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/mme_facpub/657
