title: Comparisons of pressure and temperature activation parameters for amide hydrogen exchange in T4 lysozyme.
abstract: Activation enthalpies and entropies are reported for proton-deuteron exchange at 42 amide sites in T4 lysozyme and compared with activation volumes for the same residues obtained earlier [Hitchens, T. K., and Bryant, R. G. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 5878-5887]. There is no correlation found between activation volume and activation entropy or activation enthalpy. The activation enthalpy is linearly related to the activation entropy in part as a consequence of a relatively narrow sampling window for the rate constants that corresponds to a narrow range of activation free energy. A consequence of the entropy-enthalpy compensation is preservation of rank order of proton exchange. Variations in DeltaH, DeltaS, and DeltaV for residues that are structurally close together in the folded protein suggest that there may be a variety of energetically distinct pathways for the access of solvent to these structurally related exchange sites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dixon
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hitchens
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Bryant
mesh_terms: D017122:Bacteriophage T4 / Q000201:enzymology*; D003903:Deuterium; D019277:Entropy; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011312:Pressure; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D011522:Protons; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D011522:Protons; D003903:Deuterium; D009113:Muramidase