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The non-uniform early structural response of globular proteins to cold denaturing conditions: A case study with Yfh1

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JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
卷 141, 期 20, 页码 -

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AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4901897

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  1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  2. CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL)
  3. Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  4. CSIR 12th Five Year Plan 'Multi-Scale Simulation and Modeling' project (MSM) [CSC0129]
  5. Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals

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The mechanism of cold denaturation in proteins is often incompletely understood due to limitations in accessing the denatured states at extremely low temperatures. Using atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, we have compared early (nanosecond timescale) structural and solvation properties of yeast frataxin (Yfh1) at its temperature of maximum stability, 292 K (T-s), and the experimentally observed temperature of complete unfolding, 268 K (T-c). Within the simulated timescales, discernible global level structural loss at T-c is correlated with a distinct increase in surface hydration. However, the hydration and the unfolding events do not occur uniformly over the entire protein surface, but are sensitive to local structural propensity and hydrophobicity. Calculated infrared absorption spectra in the amide-I region of the whole protein show a distinct red shift at T-c in comparison to T-s. Domain specific calculations of IR spectra indicate that the red shift primarily arises from the beta strands. This is commensurate with a marked increase in solvent accessible surface area per residue for the beta-sheets at T-c. Detailed analyses of structure and dynamics of hydration water around the hydrophobic residues of the beta-sheets show a more bulk water like behavior at T-c due to preferential disruption of the hydrophobic effects around these domains. Our results indicate that in this protein, the surface exposed beta-sheet domains are more susceptible to cold denaturing conditions, in qualitative agreement with solution NMR experimental results. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

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