Searching for quantitative entropy-enthalpy compensation among protein variants

被引:16
作者
Beasley, JR [1 ]
Doyle, DF [1 ]
Chen, LX [1 ]
Cohen, DS [1 ]
Fine, BR [1 ]
Pielak, GJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Chem, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
关键词
entropy-enthalpy compensation; protein thermodynamics;
D O I
10.1002/prot.10189
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Entropy-enthalpy (SH) compensation occurs when a small change in OG is caused by large, and nearly compensatory, changes in OH and OS. It is considered a ubiquitous property of reactions in water. Because water is intimately involved in protein stability, SH compensation among protein variants, if it exists, could lead to important knowledge about protein-water interactions. In light of recent theoretical work on SH compensation, we gathered thermodynamic data for > 200 protein variants to seek evidence for the simplest quantitative model of SH compensation (i.e., The van't Hoff denaturation enthalpy divided by the van't Hoff denaturation entropy is a constant). We conclude that either the data are insufficient to support the idea that quantitative SH compensation is a general feature of variant proteins or that such compensation does not exist. This study reinforces the idea that OH-versus-OS plots should not be used to provide evidence for SH compensation. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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页码:398 / 402
页数:5
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