The equilibrium unfolding of triosephosphate isomerase from t. cruzi in guanidinium hydrochloride is a four state process. Intrinsic fluorescence studies

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Autor principal: Brenda Guadalupe Sánchez Rebollar
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author Brenda Guadalupe Sánchez Rebollar
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contents The equilibrium unfolding of triosephosphate isomerase from t. cruzi in guanidinium hydrochloride is a four state process. Intrinsic fluorescence studies Brenda Guadalupe Sánchez Rebollar Edgar Vázquez Contreras María Elena Chánez Cárdenas Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Triosephoshate isomerase protein folding equilibrium intermediates Equilibrium and kinetic folding pathways of severalhomologous proteins have been studied. Early studies concluded thatthe folding routes of homologous proteins follow fundamentally similarpathways, and that the folding of a certain conformation is conservedthroughout evolution. However, there are examples of homologousproteins that unfold by different routes. Regarding triosephosphateisomerase (TIM), unfolding studies with enzymes from differentsources, have shown: 1) two-state behaviors and 2) more complexprocesses (including two equilibrium-unfolding intermediates andinespecific aggregation), in the transition from de native homodimerto the denatured monomers. In this work, we studied the changes inintrinsic fluorescence of TIM from Trypanosoma cruzi after incubationin guanidinium hydrochloride. Our results show that the reactionis described by a four state process. Finally we discuss the results interms of the heterogeneity observed in TIM denaturation. 2004 artículo científico 1870-249X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47548417 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=475 Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society application/pdf Sociedad Química de México Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society (México) Num.4 Vol.48
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spellingShingle The equilibrium unfolding of triosephosphate isomerase from t. cruzi in guanidinium hydrochloride is a four state process. Intrinsic fluorescence studies
Brenda Guadalupe Sánchez Rebollar
Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
Triosephoshate isomerase
protein folding equilibrium intermediates
The equilibrium unfolding of triosephosphate isomerase from t. cruzi in guanidinium hydrochloride is a four state process. Intrinsic fluorescence studies Brenda Guadalupe Sánchez Rebollar Edgar Vázquez Contreras María Elena Chánez Cárdenas Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas) Triosephoshate isomerase protein folding equilibrium intermediates Equilibrium and kinetic folding pathways of severalhomologous proteins have been studied. Early studies concluded thatthe folding routes of homologous proteins follow fundamentally similarpathways, and that the folding of a certain conformation is conservedthroughout evolution. However, there are examples of homologousproteins that unfold by different routes. Regarding triosephosphateisomerase (TIM), unfolding studies with enzymes from differentsources, have shown: 1) two-state behaviors and 2) more complexprocesses (including two equilibrium-unfolding intermediates andinespecific aggregation), in the transition from de native homodimerto the denatured monomers. In this work, we studied the changes inintrinsic fluorescence of TIM from Trypanosoma cruzi after incubationin guanidinium hydrochloride. Our results show that the reactionis described by a four state process. Finally we discuss the results interms of the heterogeneity observed in TIM denaturation. 2004 artículo científico 1870-249X https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47548417 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=475 Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society application/pdf Sociedad Química de México Journal of the Mexican Chemical Society (México) Num.4 Vol.48
title The equilibrium unfolding of triosephosphate isomerase from t. cruzi in guanidinium hydrochloride is a four state process. Intrinsic fluorescence studies
topic Multidisciplinaria (Ciencias Naturales y Exactas)
Triosephoshate isomerase
protein folding equilibrium intermediates
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