title: Structure of the acid state of Escherichia coli ribonuclease HI.
abstract: Under acidic conditions Escherichia coli ribonuclease HI* (RNase H*) adopts a partially folded state with all of the properties of a molten globule. Using amide hydrogen exchange carried out under acid state conditions, followed by quenching and NMR detection on the native state, we have determined the residues that are responsible for the observed structure of the acid state. Although RNase H* is a mixed alpha + beta protein, a helical subdomain (helices A, D, and B) defines the structure of the acid state. This structure correlates with the rare higher energy conformations detected under native conditions and with data for the earliest intermediates populated in the kinetic folding pathway of the protein.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dabora
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Pelton
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marqusee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000201:enzymology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010957:Plasmids; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016914:Ribonuclease H / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016914:Ribonuclease H