[Spectrofluorimetric detection of two states during melting of ribonuclease T1].
The melting temperature of ribonuclease T1 was studied by the fluorescent method. It was shown that in the melting region the tryptophanyl fluorescence spectrum of the protein containing a single tryptophanyl is the sum of two simple spectra typical for tryptophanyl located in the hydrophobic environment and for tryptophanyl completely accessible to aqueous solvent, correspondingly. This implies the evidence of two forms of the protein, i.e. native (folded) and denatured (unfolded), in the transition region. No intermediate states were found in measured quantities. Therefore, ribonuclease T1 melting process corresponds to the two states model. The free energy of native structure stabilization of the protein at room temperature is delta G approximately equal to 37 kJ/mol.
D001230:Aspergillus / Q000201:enzymology; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D005095:Exoribonucleases / Q000032:analysis*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013696:Temperature; D014364:Tryptophan / Q000032:analysis
D014364:Tryptophan; D005095:Exoribonucleases; C042081:exoribonuclease T
Spektrofluorimetricheskoe obnaruzhenie dvukh sostoianiĭ pri plavlenii ribonukleazy T1.