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GrainGenes Reference Report: PNA-91-10943

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Reference	PNA-91-10943
Title	The structure of the transition state for the association of two fragments of the barley chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 to generate native-like protein: implications for mechanisms of protein folding
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
Year	1994
Volume	91
Pages	10943-10946
Author	Prat-Gay G Ruiz-Sanz J Davis B Fersht A
Abstract	Possible early events in protein folding may be studied by dissecting proteins into complementary fragments Two fragments of chymotrypsin inhibitor 2 [CI2-(20-59) and CI2-(60-83)] associate to form a native-like structure in a second-order reaction that combines collision and rearrangement The transition state of the reaction, analyzed by the protein engineering method on 17 mutants, is remarkably similar to that for the folding of the intact protein--a structure that resembles an expanded version of the folded structure with most interactions significantly weakened The exception is that the N-terminal region of the single a-helix (the N-capping box) is completely formed in the transition state for association of the fragments, whereas it is reasonably well formed for the intact protein. Preliminary evidence on the structures of the individual fragments indicates that both are mainly nonnative, lacking native secondary structure and having regions of nonnative buried hydrophobic clusters. The association reaction does not result from the collision of a subpopulation of two fully native-like fragments but involves a considerable rearrangement of structure.
Keyword	chymotrypsin-inhibitors hordeum vulgare molecular-conformation plant proteins

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