title: Physicochemical characterization of the reassembled dimer of an integral membrane protein OmpF porin.
abstract: The in vitro reassembled species of OmpF porin, which was renatured from its denatured monomer using n-octyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside, was characterized by low-angle laser light scattering photometry, circular dichroism spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation small-angle X-ray scattering measurements. The light scattering measurement reconfirmed that the reassembled species was the dimer of the protein. Circular dichroism spectra of the reassembled dimer showed a native-like beta-structure. A small-angle X-ray scattering measurement indicated that the size of the reassembled dimer was nearly equal to that of the native trimer under the present experimental conditions. In a thermal denaturation experiment followed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, the reassembled dimer was less stable than the native trimer.
authors.affiliation: National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan. yasuw@nfri.affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Yoji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoko
mesh_terms: D019281:Dimerization; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D018272:Porins / Q000737:chemistry*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D020673:Protein Renaturation
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C109237:OmpF protein; D018272:Porins