title: Structural analysis of denaturant-protein interactions: comparison between the effects of bromoethanol and SDS on denaturation and renaturation of triclinic lysozyme.
abstract: This paper summarizes our crystallographic studies of the interaction of denaturants with cross-linked triclinic lysozyme. Electron density maps of various bromoethanol-lysozyme complexes are analyzed and compared to those reported earlier for SDS-lysozyme complexes. Despite differences in the chemical nature and size of the two denaturants their mode of interaction with the protein is quite similar, suggesting the existence of a general mechanism for binding of hydrophobic-hydrophilic denaturants to proteins. Our results are consistent with the conclusion that lysozyme consists of two domains connected by a flexible segment and that this segment represents an internal degree of freedom of the protein.
mesh_terms: D000431:Ethanol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D009113:Muramidase; D011487:Protein Conformation / Q000187:drug effects; D011489:Protein Denaturation / Q000187:drug effects; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D000431:Ethanol; D009113:Muramidase