Compactness of the denatured state of a fast-folding protein measured by submillisecond small-angle x-ray scattering

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作者
Pollack, L [1 ]
Tate, MW
Darnton, NC
Knight, JB
Gruner, SM
Eaton, WA
Austin, RH
机构
[1] Cornell Univ, Atom & Solid State Phys Lab, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Princeton Univ, Dept Phys, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA
[3] NIDDKD, Chem Phys Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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10.1073/pnas.96.18.10115
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering was used to measure the radius of gyration of cytochrome c after initiation of folding by a pH jump. Submillisecond time resolution was obtained with a microfabricated diffusional mixer and synchrotron radiation. The results show that the protein first collapses to compact denatured structures before folding very fast to the native state.
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