title: Heat capacity changes for protein-peptide interactions in the ribonuclease S system.
abstract: Two fragments of pancreatic ribonuclease A, a truncated version of S-peptide (residues 1-15) and S-protein (residues 21-124), combine to give a catalytically active complex designated ribonuclease S. We have substituted the wild-type residue Met-13 with six other hydrophobic residues ranging in size from alanine to phenylalanine and have determined the thermodynamic parameters associated with binding of these analogues to S-protein by titration calorimetry in the temperature range 5-25 degrees C. The heat capacity change (delta Cp) associated with binding was obtained from a global analysis of the temperature dependences of the free energies and enthalpies of binding. The delta Cp's were not correlated in any simple fashion with the nonpolar surface area (delta Anp) buried upon binding.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Varadarajan
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sturtevant
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000737:chemistry*; D012995:Solubility; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012260:Ribonucleases; C022542:ribonuclease S