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BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 44, Issue 50, Pages 16649-16657Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi051277k
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [B17948] Funding Source: Medline
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [B17948] Funding Source: researchfish
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The role of conformational intermediates in the conversion of prion protein from its normal cellular form (PrPC) to the disease-associated scrapie form (PrPSc) remains unknown. To look for Such intermediates in equilibrium conditions, we have examined the unfolding transitions of PrPC, primarily using the chemical denaturant guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl). When the protein conformation is assessed by NMR, there is a gradual shift of NMR signals in the regions between residues 125-146 and 186-196. The denaturant dependence of these shifts shows that in aqueous solution the native and locally unfolded conformations are both significantly populated. Following this shift, there is the major unfolding transition to generate a substantially unfolded Population. However, analysis of NMR chemical shift and intensity changes shows that there is persistent structure in the molecule well beyond this major cooperative unfolding transition. Residual structure within this state is extensive and encompasses the majority of file secondary structure elements found in the native state of the protein.
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