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  • Title: Gamma S-crystallin of bovine and human eye lens: solution structure, stability and folding of the intact two-domain protein and its separate domains.
    Author: Wenk M, Herbst R, Hoeger D, Kretschmar M, Lubsen NH, Jaenicke R.
    Journal: Biophys Chem; 2000 Aug 30; 86(2-3):95-108. PubMed ID: 11026675.
    Abstract:
    Human and bovine gammaS-crystallin (HgammaS and BgammaS) and their isolated N- and C-terminal domains were cloned and expressed as recombinant proteins in E. coli. HgammaS and BgammaS are found to be authentic according to their spectral and hydrodynamic properties. Both full-length proteins and isolated domains are monomeric and exhibit high thermal and pH stabilities. The thermodynamic characterization made use of chemically and thermally-induced equilibrium unfolding transitions at varying pH. In spite of its exemplary two-domain structure, gammaS-crystallin does not show bimodal unfolding characteristics. In the case of BgammaS, at pH 7.0, the C-terminal domain is less stable than the N-terminal one, whereas for HgammaS the opposite holds true. Differential scanning calorimetry confirms the results of chemically-induced equilibrium unfolding transitions. Over the whole pH range between 2.0 and 11.5, HgammaS-crystallin and its isolated domains (HgammaS-N and HgammaS-C) follow the two-state model. The two-state unfolding of the intact two-domain protein points to the close similarity of the stabilities of the constituent domains. Obviously, interactions between the domains do not contribute significantly to the overall stability of gammaS-crystallin. In contrast, the structurally closely related gammaB-crystallin owes much of its extreme stability to domain interactions.
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