title: The behavior of the hydrophobic effect under pressure and protein denaturation.
abstract: It is well known that proteins denature under high pressure. The mechanism that underlies such a process is still not clearly understood, however, giving way to controversial interpretations. Using molecular dynamics simulation on systems that may be regarded experimentally as limiting examples of the effect of high pressure on globular proteins, such as lysozyme and apomyoglobin, we have effectively reproduced such similarities and differences in behavior as are interpreted from experiment. From the analysis of such data, we explain the experimental evidence at hand through the effect of pressure on the change of water structure, and hence the weakening of the hydrophobic effect that is known to be the main driving force in protein folding.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics of Fluids and Biological Systems, (La Plata UNLP-CONICET) 59-789, B1900BTE, La Plata, Argentina. grigera@iflysib.unlp.edu.ar
authors.forename: J Raúl
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Grigera
authors.forename: Andres N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001059:Apoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008958:Models, Molecular; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D009211:Myoglobin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011312:Pressure; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D012997:Solvents; D050661:Sperm Whale; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001059:Apoproteins; D009211:Myoglobin; D012997:Solvents
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