title: Interaction of cytidine 3'-monophosphate and uridine 3'-monophosphate with ribonuclease a at the denaturation temperature.
abstract: Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurements were performed on the thermal denaturation of ribonuclease a and ribonuclease a complexed with an inhibitor, cytidine or uridine 3'-monophosphate, in sodium acetate buffered solutions. Thermal denaturation of the complex results in dissociation of the complex into denatured ribonuclease a and free inhibitor. Binding constants of the inhibitor to ribonuclease a were determined from the increase in the denaturation temperature of ribonuclease a in the complexed form and from the denaturation enthalpy of the complex. Binding enthalpies of the inhibitor to ribonuclease a were determined from the increase in the denaturation enthalpy of ribonuclease a complexed with the inhibitor. For the cytidine inhibitor in 0.2 M sodium acetate buffered solutions, the binding constants increase from 87 +/- 8 M-1 (pH 7.0) to 1410 +/- 54 M-1 (pH 5.0), while the binding enthalpies increase from 17 +/- 13 kJ mol-1 (pH 4.7) to 79 +/- 15 kJ mol-1 (pH 5.5). For the uridine inhibitor in 0.2 M sodium acetate buffered solutions, the binding constants increase from 104 +/- 1 M-1 (pH 7.0) to 402 +/- 7 M-1 (pH 5.5), while the binding enthalpies increase from 16 +/- 5 kJ mol-1 (pH 6.0) to 37 +/- 4 kJ mol-1 (pH 7.0). The binding constants and enthalpies of the cytidine inhibitor in 0.05 M sodium acetate buffered solutions increase respectively from 328 +/- 37 M-1 (pH 6.5) to 2200 +/- 364 M-1 (pH 5.5) and from 22 kJ mol-1 (pH 5.5) to 45 +/- 7 kJ mol-1 (pH 6.5). the denaturation transition cooperativities of the uncomplexed and complexed ribonuclease a were close to unity, indicating that the transition is two state with a stoichiometry of 1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Chemical Thermodynamics Division, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D002417:Cattle; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D003597:Cytosine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014500:Uracil Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D014542:Uridine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003597:Cytosine Nucleotides; D014500:Uracil Nucleotides; D014542:Uridine Monophosphate; D012259:Ribonuclease, Pancreatic; D003568:Cytidine Monophosphate