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ARCHIVES OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS
Volume 377, Issue 2, Pages 215-218Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.1780
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protein stability; dimeric interaction; protein unfolding
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The equilibrium unfolding process of human Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase has been quantitatively monitored through circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy as a function of increasing guanidinium hydrochloride concentration. The process occurs through the formation of a monomeric intermediate species following a three-state transition equilibrium. Comparison with the stability of the prokaryotic Cu,Zn SOD from P. leiognathi shows that the eukaryotic enzyme is more stable than the prokaryotic enzyme by similar to 3 kcal/mol. This difference is due to the monomer-to-unfolded equilibrium, while the dimer-to-monomer equilibrium is comparable for the two enzymes despite their different intersubunit interactions. These results are confirmed by the unfolding of the copper-depleted derivatives. The Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase represents a good example of how evolution has found two independent quaternary assemblies maintaining the same dimer stability. (C) 2000 Academic Press.
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