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BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 47, 期 43, 页码 11212-11221出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/bi8007593
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NNSFC 30270301]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences [KSCXI SW-17]
The hyperthermophilic Ssh10b from Sulfolobus shibatae is a member of the Sac10b family, which has been postulated to play a role in chromosomal organization in Archaea. Ssh10b is capable of significantly constraining negative DNA supercoils at elevated temperatures. In this study, the solution structure of the dimeric P62A mutant Ssh10b ([P62A]Ssh10b) was determined by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. The backbone N-15 dynamics, H/D exchange with and without the denaturant GdmSCN, and chemical and thermal denaturation experiments were performed to investigate the molecular basis of high thermostability of [P62A]Ssh10b. Data analysis has revealed an alpha/beta-hydrophobic core consisting of two (x-helices and one P-sheet which are stabilized by cooperative hydrophobic and hydrogen-bonding interactions. This stabilizing alpha/beta-hydrophobic core of [P62A]Ssh10b exhibiting highly restricted internal motions is composed of residues having highly protected amide protons which exchange with solvent mostly by means of a global unfolding process. The K40N mutation greatly destabilizes the mutant [P62A]Ssh10b because this mutation disturbs the packing of (x-helix against the beta-sheet reducing the stability of the alpha/beta-hydrophobic core in the mutant protein. In comparison with homologous mesophilic and thermophilic proteins, it can be presumed that the stabilizing alpha/beta-hydrophobic core in the [P62A]Ssh10b structure greatly contributes to the high thermostability of the protein.
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