Comparative stability of dihydrofolate reductase mutants in vitro and in vivo |
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Authors: | Leontiev Vladimir V; Uversky Vladimir N; Gudkov Anatoly T |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences 142992 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia |
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Abstract: | Dihydrofolate reductase mutants with amino acid replacementsin the active center (Thr35 Asp mutant, Arg57 His mutant andthe mutant with triple replacement Thr35 Asp, Asn37 Ser, Arg57 His) were obtained by site-directed mutagenesis. The stabilizationeffect of trimethoprim and NADP·H on the protein tertiarystructure in vitro has been investigated. In the case of mutantswith a weak tertiary structure (Thr35 Asp35 andthe triple mutant) the separate addition of ligands does notaffect their stability. The simultaneous addition of these ligandsto Thr35 Asp35 and the triple mutant leads to the large increasein their stability. A distinct correlation was found betweenthe in vitro studied stability of the mutant proteins to theurea- or heat-induced denaturation and the level of proteolyticdegradation of these mutants previously observed in vivo. |
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Keywords: | rigid tertiary structure/ protein stability |
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