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  • Title: Comparative study on conformational stability and subunit interactions of two bacterial asparaginases.
    Author: Marlborough DI, Miller DS, Cammack KA.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1975 Apr 29; 386(2):576-89. PubMed ID: 237538.
    Abstract:
    The denaturation and reconstitution of Erwinia carotovora and Escherichia coli L-asparaginases has been followed by optical rotatory dispersion, circular dichroism and analytical ultracentrifugation. Denaturation in urea results in dissociation of the native enzyme (mol. wt. 140 000 approx.) to produce unfolded subunits (mol. wt. 35 000 approx.); the Erwinia L-asparaginase subunits can be refolded by dilution or dialysis in alkaline conditions, pH 10.5, without aggregation to the active tetramer, to give a rather unstable solution of a monomer possibly in equilibrium with dimer. These alkaline-reconstituted subunits undergo a conformational change to a more ordered state in the presence of sodium dodecylsulphate, similar to those produced by the action of sodium dodecylsulphate on the native enzyme. If the denatured subunits are reconstituted in the pH range 5.0-7.5, the enzymically active tetramer is reformed in up to 80% yield, depending upon the conditions of temperature and concentration. Kinetic data for these various transitions suggest that dissociation is a rate-limiting step while conformational changes of the polypeptide chains are relatively much more rapid. The possible significance of these different rates of change to therapeutic considerations is discussed.
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