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Pisano R, Semeraro J, Artusio F, Barresi AA. Insights into Thermal Interactions in Frozen Pharmaceutical Vials: Effects on Ice Nucleation Times and Inhibition. Pharm Res 2024:10.1007/s11095-024-03713-2. [PMID: 38769275 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-024-03713-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
PURPOSE This study investigates the thermal interactions between adjacent vials during freezing and assesses their impact on nucleation times. METHODS Various loading configurations were analyzed to understand their impact on nucleation times. Configurations involving direct contact between vials and freeze-dryer shelves were studied, along with setups using empty vials between filled ones. Additionally, non-conventional loading configurations and glycol-filled vials were tested. The analysis includes 2R and 20R vials, which are commonly utilized in the freezing and lyophilization of drug products, along with two different fill depths, 1 and 1.4 cm. RESULTS The investigation revealed that configurations with direct contact between vials and freeze-dryer shelves led to substantial thermal interactions, resulting in delayed nucleation in adjacent vials and affecting the temperature at which nucleation takes place in a complex way. In another setup, empty vials were placed between filled vials, significantly reducing thermal interactions. Further tests with non-conventional configurations and glycol-filled vials confirmed the presence of thermal interactions with a minimal inhibitory effect. CONCLUSIONS These findings carry significant implications for the pharmaceutical industry, highlighting the role of thermal interactions among vials during freezing and their impact on the temperature at which ice nucleation occurs.
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- Roberto Pisano
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, IT10129, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, IT10129, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, IT10129, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi, IT10129, Turin, Italy
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Vitharana S, Stillahn JM, Katayama DS, Henry CS, Manning MC. Application of Formulation Principles to Stability Issues Encountered During Processing, Manufacturing, and Storage of Drug Substance and Drug Product Protein Therapeutics. J Pharm Sci 2023; 112:2724-2751. [PMID: 37572779 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2023.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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The field of formulation and stabilization of protein therapeutics has become rather extensive. However, most of the focus has been on stabilization of the final drug product. Yet, proteins experience stress and degradation through the manufacturing process, starting with fermentaition. This review describes how formulation principles can be applied to stabilize biopharmaceutical proteins during bioprocessing and manufacturing, considering each unit operation involved in prepration of the drug substance. In addition, the impact of the container on stabilty is discussed as well.
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- Legacy BioDesign LLC, Johnstown, CO 80534, USA; Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Legacy BioDesign LLC, Johnstown, CO 80534, USA; Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Pisano R, Artusio F, Adami M, Barresi AA, Fissore D, Frare MC, Zanetti F, Zunino G. Freeze-Drying of Pharmaceuticals in Vials Nested in a Rack System-Part I: Freezing Behaviour. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:pharmaceutics15020635. [PMID: 36839958 PMCID: PMC9960346 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15020635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023] Open
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The distribution of biopharmaceuticals often requires either ultra-cold conditions or lyophilisation. In both cases, the drug product is frozen and, thus, exposed to similar stress conditions, which can be detrimental to its quality. However, these stresses can be inhibited or mitigated by a suitable formulation and/or an appropriate freezing design. This paper addresses how the key freezing parameters, i.e., ice nucleation temperature and cooling rate, impact the freezing behaviour of a sucrose-based formulation. The analysis included two loading configurations, vials directly resting on the shelf and nested in a rack system. The loading configuration affected the product freezing rate and the ice nucleation temperature distribution, resulting in larger ice crystals in the case of vials nested in a rack system. SEM micrographs and specific surface area measurements confirmed the different product morphology. Eventually, the different product morphology impacted the bioactivity recovery of lactate dehydrogenase.
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- Roberto Pisano
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 10129 Torino, Italy
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Riccio A, Graziano G. A simple model of protein cold denaturation. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zhou T, Yao Y, Zhang Q, Mezzenga R. Cryogenic activity and stability of benzaldehyde lyase enzyme in lipidic mesophases-nanoconfined water. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 57:5650-5653. [PMID: 33972973 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc01315g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Phytantriol-based lipidic mesophases (LMs) are introduced as a platform for cryoenzymology, which relies on the presence of liquid water in LMs at subzero temperatures. After incorporation into LMs, the model enzyme Benzaldehyde lyase (BAL) shows high cryogenic stability and activity. In contrast, BAL in bulk solution undergoes significant secondary structural transitions caused by low temperatures (cold denaturation), demonstrating the potential of this approach to enable in meso cryoenzymology.
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- Tao Zhou
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. and Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques, EPFL, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland. and Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Arsiccio A, Shea JE. Protein Cold Denaturation in Implicit Solvent Simulations: A Transfer Free Energy Approach. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:5222-5232. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c01694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Andrea Arsiccio
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Arsiccio A, Pisano R. The Ice-Water Interface and Protein Stability: A Review. J Pharm Sci 2020; 109:2116-2130. [DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2020.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Zeeshan F, Tabbassum M, Kesharwani P. Investigation on Secondary Structure Alterations of Protein Drugs as an Indicator of Their Biological Activity Upon Thermal Exposure. Protein J 2020; 38:551-564. [PMID: 31054037 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-019-09837-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Protein drugs are important therapeutic agents however; they may degrade during formulation processing. The objective of this study was to investigate the correlation between secondary structure alterations and the retentions of biological activity of protein upon the application of thermal stress. Catalase, horseradish peroxidase and α- chymotrypsin were employed as model proteins. Each protein was heated in a solid and solution state at a temperature of 70 °C for 1 h. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, size-exclusion chromatography and biological activity assay were performed. Results showed that heat-exposure of protein solids at 70 °C caused minimum changes in secondary structure and biological activity was almost retained. However, thermal exposure of protein aqueous solution induced significant changes in the secondary structure indicated by area overlap values and caused considerable reduction in the biological activity. The changes in secondary structures were found to be in full alignment with the loss of biological activity for both protein solids as well as aqueous solutions. Catalase lost entire biological activity upon heating in the solution state. In conclusion, the findings of the present study indicate a direct correlation between protein secondary structure alterations and the retention of biological activity which can be taken into account during the development and delivery of protein drugs formulations.
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- Farrukh Zeeshan
- School of Pharmacy, International Medical University (IMU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya (UM), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 110062, India.
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Arsiccio A, McCarty J, Pisano R, Shea JE. Heightened Cold-Denaturation of Proteins at the Ice–Water Interface. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:5722-5730. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b13454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Andrea Arsiccio
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225, United States
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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Arsiccio A, Giorsello P, Marenco L, Pisano R. Considerations on Protein Stability During Freezing and Its Impact on the Freeze-Drying Cycle: A Design Space Approach. J Pharm Sci 2019; 109:464-475. [PMID: 31647953 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2019.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Freezing is widely used during the manufacturing process of protein-based therapeutics, but it may result in undesired loss of biological activity. Many variables come into play during freezing that could adversely affect protein stability, creating a complex landscape of interrelated effects. The current approach to the selection of freezing conditions is however nonsystematic, resulting in poor process control. Here we show how mathematical models, and a design space approach, can guide the selection of the optimal freezing protocol, focusing on protein stability. Two opposite scenarios are identified, suggesting that the ice-water interface is the dominant cause of denaturation for proteins with high bulk stability, while the duration of the freezing process itself is the key parameter to be controlled for proteins that are susceptible to cold denaturation. Experimental data for lactate dehydrogenase and myoglobin as model proteins support the model results, with a slow freezing rate being optimal for lactate dehydrogenase and the opposite being true for myoglobin. A possible application of the calculated design space to the freezing and freeze-drying of biopharmaceuticals is finally described, and some considerations on process efficiency are discussed as well.
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- Andrea Arsiccio
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 24 corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino 10129, Italy.
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Proteins undergo both cold and heat denaturation, but often cold denaturation cannot be detected because it occurs at temperatures below water freezing. Proteins undergoing detectable cold as well as heat denaturation yield a reliable curve of protein stability. Here we use bacterial IscU, an essential and ancient protein involved in iron cluster biogenesis, to show an important example of unbiased cold denaturation, based on electrostatic frustration caused by a dualism between iron–sulfur cluster binding and the presence of a functionally essential electrostatic gate. We explore the structural determinants and the universals that determine cold denaturation with the aid of a coarse grain model. Our results set a firm point in our understanding of cold denaturation and give us general rules to induce and predict protein cold denaturation. The conflict between ligand binding and stability hints at the importance of the structure–function dualism in protein evolution.
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Bellissent-Funel MC, Hassanali A, Havenith M, Henchman R, Pohl P, Sterpone F, van der Spoel D, Xu Y, Garcia AE. Water Determines the Structure and Dynamics of Proteins. Chem Rev 2016; 116:7673-97. [PMID: 27186992 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 517] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Water is an essential participant in the stability, structure, dynamics, and function of proteins and other biomolecules. Thermodynamically, changes in the aqueous environment affect the stability of biomolecules. Structurally, water participates chemically in the catalytic function of proteins and nucleic acids and physically in the collapse of the protein chain during folding through hydrophobic collapse and mediates binding through the hydrogen bond in complex formation. Water is a partner that slaves the dynamics of proteins, and water interaction with proteins affect their dynamics. Here we provide a review of the experimental and computational advances over the past decade in understanding the role of water in the dynamics, structure, and function of proteins. We focus on the combination of X-ray and neutron crystallography, NMR, terahertz spectroscopy, mass spectroscopy, thermodynamics, and computer simulations to reveal how water assist proteins in their function. The recent advances in computer simulations and the enhanced sensitivity of experimental tools promise major advances in the understanding of protein dynamics, and water surely will be a protagonist.
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- International Center for Theoretical Physics, Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum , Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Universitätsstraße 150 Building NC 7/72, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology The University of Manchester , 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Johannes Kepler University , Gruberstrasse, 40 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique Laboratoire de Biochimie Théorique 13 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Computational and Systems Biology, Uppsala University , 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Ruhr-Universität Bochum , Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry Universitätsstraße 150 Building NC 7/72, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Center for Non Linear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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Ozcelikkale A, Han B. Thermal Destabilization of Collagen Matrix Hierarchical Structure by Freeze/Thaw. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0146660. [PMID: 26765741 PMCID: PMC4713088 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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This study aims to characterize and understand the effects of freezing on collagen structures and functionality. Specifically, thermodynamic destabilization of collagen at molecular- and fibril-levels by combination of low temperatures and freezing were experimentally characterized using modulated differential scanning calorimetry. In order to delineate the effects of sub-zero temperature and water-ice phase change, we hypothesized that the extent of destabilization can be determined based on post-thaw heat induced thermal denaturation of collagen. It is found that thermal denaturation temperature of collagen in hydrogel decreases by 1.4–1.6°C after freeze/thaw while no such decrease is observed in the case of molecular solution. The destabilization is predominantly due to ice formation. Exposure to low temperatures in the absence of ice has only minimal effect. Calorimetry measurements combined with morphological examination of collagen matrices by scanning electron microscopy suggest that freezing results in destabilization of collagen fibrils due to expansion of intrafibrillar space by ice formation. This fibril-level damage can be alleviated by use of cryoprotectant DMSO at concentrations as low as 0.5 M. A theoretical model explaining the change in collagen post-thaw thermal stability by freezing-induced fibril expansion is also proposed.
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- Altug Ozcelikkale
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Sanfelice D, Morandi E, Pastore A, Niccolai N, Temussi PA. Cold Denaturation Unveiled: Molecular Mechanism of the Asymmetric Unfolding of Yeast Frataxin. Chemphyschem 2015; 16:3599-602. [PMID: 26426928 PMCID: PMC4676917 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201500765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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What is the mechanism that determines the denaturation of proteins at low temperatures, which is, by now, recognized as a fundamental property of all proteins? We present experimental evidence that clarifies the role of specific interactions that favor the entrance of water into the hydrophobic core, a mechanism originally proposed by Privalov but never proved experimentally. By using a combination of molecular dynamics simulation, molecular biology, and biophysics, we identified a cluster of negatively charged residues that represents a preferential gate for the entrance of water molecules into the core. Even single-residue mutations in this cluster, from acidic to neutral residues, affect cold denaturation much more than heat denaturation, suppressing cold denaturation at temperatures above zero degrees. The molecular mechanism of the cold denaturation of yeast frataxin is intrinsically different from that of heat denaturation.
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- Domenico Sanfelice
- Department of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences, Kings College London, London, SE5 9RX, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences, Kings College London, London, SE5 9RX, UK.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, 53100, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences, Kings College London, London, SE5 9RX, UK.
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Cinthia, 80126, Napoli, Italy.
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Meliga SC, Farrugia W, Ramsland PA, Falconer RJ. Cold-Induced Precipitation of a Monoclonal IgM: A Negative Activation Enthalpy Reaction. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:490-4. [DOI: 10.1021/jp309109k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Stefano C. Meliga
- Australian Institute for Bioengineering
and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
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- Centre for Immunology, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
- Department of Surgery
Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg, Vic 3084, Australia
- Department of Immunology, Monash University, Alfred Medical Research
and Education Precinct, Melbourne, Vic 3004, Australia
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, England
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Jeong SH. Analytical methods and formulation factors to enhance protein stability in solution. Arch Pharm Res 2012; 35:1871-86. [DOI: 10.1007/s12272-012-1103-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Revised: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Riccio A, Graziano G. Cold unfolding of β-hairpins: A molecular-level rationalization. Proteins 2011; 79:1739-46. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.22997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Revised: 12/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Graziano G. On the molecular origin of cold denaturation of globular proteins. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 12:14245-52. [PMID: 20882232 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp00945h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A polypeptide chain can adopt very different conformations, a fundamental distinguishing feature of which is the water accessible surface area, WASA, that is a measure of the layer around the polypeptide chain where the center of water molecules cannot physically enter, generating a solvent-excluded volume effect. The large WASA decrease associated with the folding of a globular protein leads to a large decrease in the solvent-excluded volume, and so to a large increase in the configurational/translational freedom of water molecules. The latter is a quantity that depends upon temperature. Simple calculations over the -30 to 150 °C temperature range, where liquid water can exist at 1 atm, show that such a gain decreases significantly on lowering the temperature below 0 °C, paralleling the decrease in liquid water density. There will be a temperature where the destabilizing contribution of the polypeptide chain conformational entropy exactly matches the stabilizing contribution of the water configurational/translational entropy, leading to cold denaturation.
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- Giuseppe Graziano
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Sannio, Via Port'Arsa 11, 82100 Benevento, Italy.
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Molski MA, Goodman JL, Craig CJ, Meng H, Kumar K, Schepartz A. Beta-peptide bundles with fluorous cores. J Am Chem Soc 2010; 132:3658-9. [PMID: 20196598 PMCID: PMC2842013 DOI: 10.1021/ja910903c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We reported recently that certain beta-peptides self-assemble spontaneously into cooperatively folded bundles whose kinetic and thermodynamic metrics mirror those of natural helix bundle proteins. The structures of four such beta-peptide bundles are known in atomic detail. These structures reveal a solvent-sequestered, hydrophobic core stabilized by a unique arrangement of leucine side chains and backbone methylene groups. Here we report that this hydrophobic core can be re-engineered to contain a fluorous subdomain while maintaining the characteristic beta-peptide bundle fold. Like alpha-helical bundles possessing fluorous cores, fluorous beta-peptide bundles are stabilized relative to hydrocarbon analogues and undergo cold denaturation. Beta-peptide bundles with fluorous cores represent the essential first step in the synthesis of orthogonal protein assemblies that can sequester selectively in an interstitial membrane environment.
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155-5813
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- Department of Chemistry, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155-5813
- Cancer Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111-1533
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107
- Department of Molecular. Cellular & Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107
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Riccio A, Ascolese E, Graziano G. Cold denaturation in the Schellman–Brandts model of globular proteins. Chem Phys Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.12.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ahmed Z, Gooding EA, Pimenov KV, Wang L, Asher SA. UV resonance Raman determination of molecular mechanism of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) volume phase transition. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:4248-56. [PMID: 19260666 PMCID: PMC2668225 DOI: 10.1021/jp810685g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) is the premier example of a macromolecule that undergoes a hydrophobic collapse when heated above its lower critical solution temperature (LCST). Here we utilize dynamic light scattering, H-NMR, and steady-state and time-resolved UVRR measurements to determine the molecular mechanism of PNIPAM's hydrophobic collapse. Our steady-state results indicate that in the collapsed state the amide bonds of PNIPAM do not engage in interamide hydrogen bonding, but are hydrogen bonded to water molecules. At low temperatures, the amide bonds of PNIPAM are predominantly fully water hydrogen bonded, whereas, in the collapsed state one of the two normal CO hydrogen bonds is lost. The NH-water hydrogen bonding, however, remains unperturbed by the PNIPAM collapse. Our kinetic results indicate a monoexponential collapse with tau approximately 360 (+/-85) ns. The collapse rate indicates a persistence length of n approximately 10. At lengths shorter than the persistence length the polymer acts as an elastic rod, whereas at lengths longer than the persistence length the polymer backbone conformation forms a random coil. On the basis of these results, we propose the following mechanism for the PNIPAM volume phase transition. At low temperatures PNIPAM adopts an extended, water-exposed conformation that is stabilized by favorable NIPAM-water solvation shell interactions which stabilize large clusters of water molecules. As the temperature increases an increasing entropic penalty occurs for the water molecules situated at the surface of the hydrophobic isopropyl groups. A cooperative transition occurs where hydrophobic collapse minimizes the exposed hydrophobic surface area. The polymer structural change forces the amide carbonyl and N-H to invaginate and the water clusters cease to be stabilized and are expelled. In this compact state, PNIPAM forms small hydrophobic nanopockets where the (i, i + 3) isopropyl groups make hydrophobic contacts. A persistent length of n approximately 10 suggests a cooperative collapse where hydrophobic interactions between adjacent hydrophobic pockets stabilize the collapsed PNIPAM.
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- Zeeshan Ahmed
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Phone: 412 624 8570, Fax: 412 624 0580,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Phone: 412 624 8570, Fax: 412 624 0580,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Phone: 412 624 8570, Fax: 412 624 0580,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Phone: 412 624 8570, Fax: 412 624 0580,
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, Phone: 412 624 8570, Fax: 412 624 0580,
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Galyuk EN, Wartell RM, Dosin YM, Lando DY. DNA Denaturation Under Freezing in Alkaline Medium. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2009; 26:517-23. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2009.10507267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Effect of carbohydrates on the emulsifying, foaming and freezing properties of whey protein suspensions. J FOOD ENG 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2006.01.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Arnórsdóttir J, Kristjánsson MM, Ficner R. Crystal structure of a subtilisin-like serine proteinase from a psychrotrophic Vibrio species reveals structural aspects of cold adaptation. FEBS J 2005; 272:832-45. [PMID: 15670163 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04523.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The crystal structure of a subtilisin-like serine proteinase from the psychrotrophic marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. PA-44, was solved by means of molecular replacement and refined at 1.84 A. This is the first structure of a cold-adapted subtilase to be determined and its elucidation facilitates examination of the molecular principles underlying temperature adaptation in enzymes. The cold-adapted Vibrio proteinase was compared with known three-dimensional structures of homologous enzymes of meso- and thermophilic origin, proteinase K and thermitase, to which it has high structural resemblance. The main structural features emerging as plausible determinants of temperature adaptation in the enzymes compared involve the character of their exposed and buried surfaces, which may be related to temperature-dependent variation in the physical properties of water. Thus, the hydrophobic effect is found to play a significant role in the structural stability of the meso- and thermophile enzymes, whereas the cold-adapted enzyme has more of its apolar surface exposed. In addition, the cold-adapted Vibrio proteinase is distinguished from the more stable enzymes by its strong anionic character arising from the high occurrence of uncompensated negatively charged residues at its surface. Interestingly, both the cold-adapted and thermophile proteinases differ from the mesophile enzyme in having more extensive hydrogen- and ion pair interactions in their structures; this supports suggestions of a dual role of electrostatic interactions in the adaptation of enzymes to both high and low temperatures. The Vibrio proteinase has three calcium ions associated with its structure, one of which is in a calcium-binding site not described in other subtilases.
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- Jóhanna Arnórsdóttir
- Abteilung für Molekulare Strukturbiologie, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Ferrer M, Lünsdorf H, Chernikova TN, Yakimov M, Timmis KN, Golyshin PN. Functional consequences of single:double ring transitions in chaperonins: life in the cold. Mol Microbiol 2004; 53:167-82. [PMID: 15225312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04077.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The cpn60 and cpn10 genes from psychrophilic bacterium, Oleispira antarctica RB8, showed a positive effect in Escherichia coli growth at low temperature, shifting its theoretical minimal growth temperature from +7.5 degrees C to -13.7 degrees C [Ferrer, M., Chernikova, T.N., Yakimov, M., Golyshin, P.N., and Timmis, K.N. (2003) Nature Biotechnol 21: 1266-1267]. To provide experimental support for this finding, Cpn60 and 10 were overproduced in E. coli and purified to apparent homogeneity. Recombinant O.Cpn60 was identical to the native protein based on tetradecameric structure, and it dissociates during native PAGE. Gel filtration and native PAGE revealed that, in vivo and in vitro, (O.Cpn60)(7) was the active oligomer at 4-10 degrees C, whereas at > 10 degrees C, this complex was converted to (O.Cpn60)(14). The dissociation reduces the ATP consumption (energy-saving mechanism) and increases the refolding capacity at low temperatures. In order for this transition to occur, we demonstrated that K468 and S471 may play a key role in conforming the more advantageous oligomeric state in O.Cpn60. We have proved this hypothesis by showing that single and double mutations in K468 and S471 for T and G, as in E.GroEL, produced a more stable double-ring oligomer. The optimum temperature for ATPase and chaperone activity for the wild-type chaperonin was 24-28 degrees C and 4-18 degrees C, whereas that for the mutants was 45-55 degrees C and 14-36 degrees C respectively. The temperature inducing unfolding (T(M)) increased from 45 degrees C to more than 65 degrees C. In contrast, a single ring mutant, O.Cpn60(SR), with three amino acid substitutions (E461A, S463A and V464A) was as stable as the wild type but possessed refolding activity below 10 degrees C. Above 10 degrees C, this complex lost refolding capacity to the detriment of the double ring, which was not an efficient chaperone at 4 degrees C as the single ring variant. We demonstrated that expression of O.Cpn60(WT) and O.Cpn60(SR) leads to a higher growth of E. coli at 4 degrees C ( micro (max), 0.22 and 0.36 h(-1) respectively), whereas at 10-15 degrees C, only E. coli cells expressing O.Cpn60 or O.Cpn60(DR) grew better than parental cells (-cpn). These results clearly indicate that the single-to-double ring transition in Oleispira chaperonin is a wild-type mechanism for its thermal acclimation. Although previous studies have also reported single-to-double ring transitions under many circumstances, this is the first clear indication that single-ring chaperonins are necessary to support growth when the temperature falls from 37 degrees C to 4 degrees C.
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- Manuel Ferrer
- Department of Microbiology, GBF - German Research Centre for Biotechnology, Mascheroder Weg 1, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Chi EY, Krishnan S, Randolph TW, Carpenter JF. Physical stability of proteins in aqueous solution: mechanism and driving forces in nonnative protein aggregation. Pharm Res 2004; 20:1325-36. [PMID: 14567625 DOI: 10.1023/a:1025771421906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 983] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Irreversible protein aggregation is problematic in the biotechnology industry, where aggregation is encountered throughout the lifetime of a therapeutic protein, including during refolding, purification, sterilization, shipping, and storage processes. The purpose of the current review is to provide a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms by which proteins aggregate and by which varying solution conditions, such as temperature, pH, salt type, salt concentration, cosolutes, preservatives, and surfactants, affect this process.
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- Eva Y Chi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, ECCH 111, Campus Box 424, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA
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Two factors provide key contributions to the stability of thermophilic proteins relative to their mesophilic homologues: electrostatic interactions of charged residues in the folded state and the dielectric response of the folded protein. The dielectric response for proteins in a "thermophilic series" globally modulates the thermal stability of its members, with the calculated dielectric constant for the protein increasing from mesophiles to hyperthermophiles. This variability results from differences in the distribution of charged residues on the surface of the protein, in agreement with structural and genetic observations. Furthermore, the contribution of electrostatic interactions to the stability of the folded state is more favorable for thermophilic proteins than for their mesophilic homologues. This leads to the conclusion that electrostatic interactions play an important role in determining the stability of proteins at high temperatures. The interplay between electrostatic interactions and dielectric response also provides further rationalization for the enhanced stability of thermophilic proteins with respect to cold-denaturation. Taken together, the distribution of charged residues and their fluctuations have been shown to be factors in modulating protein stability over the entire range of biologically relevant temperatures.
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- Brian N Dominy
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Saunders NFW, Thomas T, Curmi PMG, Mattick JS, Kuczek E, Slade R, Davis J, Franzmann PD, Boone D, Rusterholtz K, Feldman R, Gates C, Bench S, Sowers K, Kadner K, Aerts A, Dehal P, Detter C, Glavina T, Lucas S, Richardson P, Larimer F, Hauser L, Land M, Cavicchioli R. Mechanisms of thermal adaptation revealed from the genomes of the Antarctic Archaea Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii. Genome Res 2003; 13:1580-8. [PMID: 12805271 PMCID: PMC403754 DOI: 10.1101/gr.1180903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We generated draft genome sequences for two cold-adapted Archaea, Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii, to identify genotypic characteristics that distinguish them from Archaea with a higher optimal growth temperature (OGT). Comparative genomics revealed trends in amino acid and tRNA composition, and structural features of proteins. Proteins from the cold-adapted Archaea are characterized by a higher content of noncharged polar amino acids, particularly Gln and Thr and a lower content of hydrophobic amino acids, particularly Leu. Sequence data from nine methanogen genomes (OGT 15 degrees -98 degrees C) were used to generate 1111 modeled protein structures. Analysis of the models from the cold-adapted Archaea showed a strong tendency in the solvent-accessible area for more Gln, Thr, and hydrophobic residues and fewer charged residues. A cold shock domain (CSD) protein (CspA homolog) was identified in M. frigidum, two hypothetical proteins with CSD-folds in M. burtonii, and a unique winged helix DNA-binding domain protein in M. burtonii. This suggests that these types of nucleic acid binding proteins have a critical role in cold-adapted Archaea. Structural analysis of tRNA sequences from the Archaea indicated that GC content is the major factor influencing tRNA stability in hyperthermophiles, but not in the psychrophiles, mesophiles or moderate thermophiles. Below an OGT of 60 degrees C, the GC content in tRNA was largely unchanged, indicating that any requirement for flexibility of tRNA in psychrophiles is mediated by other means. This is the first time that comparisons have been performed with genome data from Archaea spanning the growth temperature extremes from psychrophiles to hyperthermophiles.
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- Neil F W Saunders
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Aghajari N, Van Petegem F, Villeret V, Chessa JP, Gerday C, Haser R, Van Beeumen J. Crystal structures of a psychrophilic metalloprotease reveal new insights into catalysis by cold-adapted proteases. Proteins 2003; 50:636-47. [PMID: 12577270 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Enzymes from psychrophilic organisms differ from their mesophilic counterparts in having a lower thermostability and a higher specific activity at low and moderate temperatures. It is in general accepted that psychrophilic enzymes are more flexible to allow easy accommodation and transformation of the substrates at low energy costs. Here, we report the structures of two crystal forms of the alkaline protease from an Antarctic Pseudomonas species (PAP), solved to 2.1- and 1.96-A resolution, respectively. Comparative studies of PAP structures with mesophilic counterparts show that the overall structures are similar but that the conformation of the substrate-free active site in PAP resembles that of the substrate-bound region of the mesophilic homolog, with both an active-site tyrosine and a substrate-binding loop displaying a conformation as in the substrate-bound form of the mesophilic proteases. Further, a region in the catalytic domain of PAP undergoes a conformational change with a loop movement as large as 13 A, induced by the binding of an extra calcium ion. Finally, the active site is more accessible due to deletions occurring in surrounding loop regions.
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- Nushin Aghajari
- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, UMR 5086, Laboratoire de Bio-Cristallographie, CNRS et Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France.
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Ragone R. On the dissection of the unfolding reaction by the dissolution thermodynamics of N-alkyl amides. Int J Biol Macromol 2002; 31:103-9. [PMID: 12559433 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(02)00075-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dissection of the unfolding thermodynamics based on small molecule dissolution led to controversial interpretations. It is proposed here that uncertainty about water transfer processes to be used in first approximation analyses of protein stability may be removed (i) separating liquid-dissolution-like effects from solid-like packing contributions; (ii) taking into account both peptide and side chain dissolution; and (iii) analysing the water-dependent part of the denaturation reaction by the dissolution thermodynamics of liquid N-alkyl amides. Based on these criteria, this paper analyses the entropy of the aqueous transfer of liquid N-alkyl amides filling a gap in a recent model of the unfolding energetics, which was limited to the enthalpy. Both enthalpic and entropic changes accompanying the liquid-dissolution-like immersion of internal amino acid residues in water during unfolding may be unambiguously described within this context. Although the model developed does not deepen our knowledge of protein unfolding, it may be of help in the analysis of whether liquid-dissolution-like effects or solid-like packing contributions play the major role in determining protein stability at elevated temperatures.
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- Raffaele Ragone
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and CRISCEB, Second University of Naples, via Costantinopoli 16, 80138, Naples, Italy.
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Kandror O, DeLeon A, Goldberg AL. Trehalose synthesis is induced upon exposure of Escherichia coli to cold and is essential for viability at low temperatures. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:9727-32. [PMID: 12105274 PMCID: PMC124994 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.142314099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Trehalose accumulates dramatically in microorganisms during heat shock and osmotic stress and helps protect cells against thermal injury and oxygen radicals. Here we demonstrate an important role of this sugar in cold-adaptation of bacteria. A mutant Escherichia coli strain unable to produce trehalose died much faster than the wild type at 4 degrees C. Transformation of the mutant with the otsA/otsB genes, responsible for trehalose synthesis, restored trehalose content and cell viability at 4 degrees C. After temperature downshift from 37 degrees C to 16 degrees C ("cold shock"), trehalose levels in wild-type cells increased up to 8-fold. Although this accumulation of trehalose did not influence growth at 16 degrees C, it enhanced cell viability when the temperature fell further to 4 degrees C. Before the trehalose build-up, levels of mRNA encoding OtsA/OtsB increased markedly. This induction required the sigma factor, RpoS, but was independent of the major cold-shock protein, CspA. otsA/B mRNA was much more stable at 16 degrees C than at 37 degrees C and contained a "downstream box," characteristic of cold-inducible mRNAs. Thus, otsA/otsB induction and trehalose synthesis are activated during cold shock (as well as during heat shock) and play an important role in resistance of E. coli (and probably other organisms) to low temperatures.
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- Olga Kandror
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Gianese G, Bossa F, Pascarella S. Comparative structural analysis of psychrophilic and meso- and thermophilic enzymes. Proteins 2002; 47:236-49. [PMID: 11933070 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Enzymes adapted to cold display structures comparable with those of their meso- and thermophilic homologs but are characterized by a higher catalytic efficiency at low temperatures and by thermolability at moderate temperatures. To identify the structural factors responsible of such features, we undertook a systematic comparative analysis of several structural properties in a data set consisting of 7 cold active enzymes belonging to different structural families and 28 related structures from meso/thermophiles representing most of the structural information now available. Only high-resolution and high-quality structures were considered. Properties were calculated and then compared for each pair of 3D structures displaying different temperatures of adaptation using a temperature-weighting scheme. The significance of the resulting differences was evaluated with a statistical method. Results reveal that each protein family adopts different structural strategies to adapt to low temperatures. However, some common trends are observed: the number of ion pairs, the side-chain contribution to the exposed surface, and the apolar fraction of the buried surface show a consistent decrease with decreasing optimal temperatures.
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- Giulio Gianese
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, A. Rossi Fanelli, and Centro di Biologia Molecolare del C.N.R., Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
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Bakk A, Høye JS, Hansen A. Apolar and polar solvation thermodynamics related to the protein unfolding process. Biophys J 2002; 82:713-9. [PMID: 11806913 PMCID: PMC1301880 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75433-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Thermodynamics related to hydrated water upon protein unfolding is studied over a broad temperature range (5-125 degrees C). The hydration effect arising from the apolar interior is modeled as an increased number of hydrogen bonds between water molecules compared with bulk water. The corresponding contribution from the polar interior is modeled as a two-step process. First, the polar interior breaks hydrogen bonds in bulk water upon unfolding. Second, due to strong bonds between the polar surface and the nearest water molecules, we assume quantization using a simplified two-state picture. The heat capacity change upon hydration is compared with model compound data evaluated previously for 20 different proteins. We obtain good correspondence with the data for both the apolar and the polar interior. We note that the effective coupling constants for both models have small variations among the proteins we have investigated.
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- Audun Bakk
- Department of Physics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway.
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This paper proposes to assess hydrogen-bonding contributions to the protein stability, using a set of model proteins for which both X-ray structures and calorimetric unfolding data are known. Pertinent thermodynamic quantities are first estimated according to a recent model of protein energetics based on the dissolution of alkyl amides. Then it is shown that the overall free energy of hydrogen-bond formation accounts for a hydrogen-bonding propensity close to helix-forming tendencies previously found for individual amino acids. This allows us to simulate the melting curve of an alanine-rich helical 50-mer with good precision. Thereafter, hydrogen-bonding enthalpies and entropies are expressed as linear combinations of backbone-backbone, backbone-side-chain, side-chain-backbone, and side-chain-side-chain donor-acceptor contributions. On this basis, each of the four components shows a different free energy versus temperature trend. It appears that structural preference for side-chain-side-chain hydrogen bonding plays a major role in stabilizing proteins at elevated temperatures.
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- R Ragone
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biofisica and CRISCEB, Seconda Università di Napoli, Naples, Italy.
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Mentré P, Hui Bon Hoa G. Effects of high hydrostatic pressures on living cells: a consequence of the properties of macromolecules and macromolecule-associated water. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2001; 201:1-84. [PMID: 11057830 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)01001-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Sixty percent of the Earth's biomass is found in the sea, at depths greater than 1000 m, i.e., at hydrostatic pressures higher than 100 atm. Still more surprising is the fact that living cells can reversibly withstand pressure shifts of 1000 atm. One explanation lies in the properties of cellular water. Water forms a very thin film around macromolecules, with a heterogeneous structure that is an image of the heterogeneity of the macromolecular surface. The density of water in contact with macromolecules reflects the physical properties of their different domains. Therefore, any macromolecular shape variations involving the reorganization of water and concomitant density changes are sensitive to pressure (Le Chatelier's principle). Most of the pressure-induced changes to macromolecules are reversible up to 2000 atm. Both the effects of pressure shifts on living cells and the characteristics of pressure-adapted species are opening new perspectives on fundamental problems such as regulation and adaptation.
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- P Mentré
- Station INRA 806, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Paris, France
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Caldarelli G. Putting proteins back into water. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, PLASMAS, FLUIDS, AND RELATED INTERDISCIPLINARY TOPICS 2000; 62:8449-8452. [PMID: 11138146 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.62.8449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/1999] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We introduce a simplified protein model where the solvent (water) degrees of freedom appear explicitly (although in an extremely simplified fashion). Using this model we are able to recover the thermodynamic phenomenology of proteins over a wide range of temperatures. In particular we describe both the warm and the cold protein denaturation within a single framework, while addressing important issues about the structure of model proteins.
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Ma B, Tsai CJ, Nussinov R. A systematic study of the vibrational free energies of polypeptides in folded and random states. Biophys J 2000; 79:2739-53. [PMID: 11053147 PMCID: PMC1301155 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76513-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Molecular vibrations, especially low frequency motions, may be used as an indication of the rigidity or the flatness of the protein folding energy landscape. We have studied the vibrational properties of native folded as well as random coil structures of more than 60 polypeptides. The picture we obtain allows us to perceive how and why the energy landscape progressively rigidifies while still allowing potential flexibility. Compared with random coil structures, both alpha-helices and beta-hairpins are vibrationally more flexible. The vibrational properties of loop structures are similar to those of the corresponding random coil structures. Inclusion of an alpha-helix tends to rigidify peptides and so-called building blocks of the structure, whereas the addition of a beta-structure has less effect. When small building blocks coalesce to form larger domains, the protein rigidifies. However, some folded native conformations are still found to be vibrationally more flexible than random coil structures, for example, beta(2)-microglobulin and the SH3 domain. Vibrational free energy contributes significantly to the thermodynamics of protein folding and affects the distribution of the conformational substates. We found a weak correlation between the vibrational folding energy and the protein size, consistent with both previous experimental estimates and theoretical partition of the heat capacity change in protein folding.
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- B Ma
- Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology, NCI-FCRDC, Bldg 469, Room 151, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Puliti R, Mattia C, Giancola C, Barone G. Crystal structure and conformational stability of N -acetyl- l -prolyl- l -leucinamide. Comparison between structural and thermophysical data. J Mol Struct 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2860(00)00537-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Shimizu S, Chan HS. Temperature dependence of hydrophobic interactions: A mean force perspective, effects of water density, and nonadditivity of thermodynamic signatures. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1288922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Developing recombinant protein pharmaceuticals has proved to be very challenging because of both the complexity of protein production and purification, and the limited physical and chemical stability of proteins. To overcome the instability barrier, proteins often have to be made into solid forms to achieve an acceptable shelf life as pharmaceutical products. The most commonly used method for preparing solid protein pharmaceuticals is lyophilization (freeze-drying). Unfortunately, the lyophilization process generates both freezing and drying stresses, which can denature proteins to various degrees. Even after successful lyophilization with a protein stabilizer(s), proteins in solid state may still have limited long-term storage stability. In the past two decades, numerous studies have been conducted in the area of protein lyophilization technology, and instability/stabilization during lyophilization and long-term storage. Many critical issues have been identified. To have an up-to-date perspective of the lyophilization process and more importantly, its application in formulating solid protein pharmaceuticals, this article reviews the recent investigations and achievements in these exciting areas, especially in the past 10 years. Four interrelated topics are discussed: lyophilization and its denaturation stresses, cryo- and lyo-protection of proteins by excipients, design of a robust lyophilization cycle, and with emphasis, instability, stabilization, and formulation of solid protein pharmaceuticals.
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- W Wang
- Biotechnology, Bayer Corporation, 800 Dwight Way, Berkeley, CA 94701, USA.
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Graziano G. On the temperature-induced coil to globule transition of poly-N-isopropylacrylamide in dilute aqueous solutions. Int J Biol Macromol 2000; 27:89-97. [PMID: 10704990 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(99)00122-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Poly-N-isopropylacrylamide (PNIPAM) is a chemical isomer of poly-leucine, having the polar peptide group in the side-chain rather than in the backbone. It has been demonstrated experimentally that PNIPAM dissolved in aqueous solution undergoes a collapse transition from coil to globule on increasing temperature above the θ-point. By a careful reviewing of existing experimental data, we emphasize that such coil to globule collapse has to be considered an intramolecular first-order transition, analogous to the cold renaturation of small globular proteins. The main theoretical approaches to the coil to globule collapse in homopolymers are discussed briefly, and a critical comparison between the existing models is performed. We point out that, as a general result, the coil to globule collapse is expected to be a first-order transition for rigid and semi-rigid macromolecules. Finally, taking advantage of the analogy between the coil to globule collapse of PNIPAM and the cold renaturation of small globular proteins, we try to clarify some important and intriguing aspects of protein thermodynamics. This leads to the conclusion that the amphiphilic nature of polypeptide chain plays the fundamental role for the existence of two temperature-induced conformational transitions.
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- G Graziano
- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples 'Federico II', Via Mezzocannone, 4-80134, Naples, Italy.
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Three complete genome sequences of thermophilic bacteria provide a wealth of information challenging current ideas concerning phylogeny and evolution, as well as the determinants of protein stability. Considering known protein structures from extremophiles, it becomes clear that no general conclusions can be drawn regarding adaptive mechanisms to extremes of physical conditions. Proteins are individuals that accumulate increments of stabilization; in thermophiles these come from charge clusters, networks of hydrogen bonds, optimization of packing and hydrophobic interactions, each in its own way. Recent examples indicate ways for the rational design of ultrastable proteins.
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- R Jaenicke
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry University of Regensburg D-93040 Regensburg Germany. rainer.jaenicke@biologie. uni-regensburg.de
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- Y Feng
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0343, USA
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Russell RJ, Gerike U, Danson MJ, Hough DW, Taylor GL. Structural adaptations of the cold-active citrate synthase from an Antarctic bacterium. Structure 1998; 6:351-61. [PMID: 9551556 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00037-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The structural basis of adaptation of enzymes to low temperature is poorly understood. Dimeric citrate synthase has been used as a model enzyme to study the structural basis of thermostability, the structure of the enzyme from organisms living in habitats at 55 degrees C and 100 degrees C having previously been determined. Here the study is extended to include a citrate synthase from an Antarctic bacterium, allowing us to explore the structural basis of cold activity and thermostability across the whole temperature range over which life is known to exit. RESULTS We report here the first crystal structure of a cold-active enzyme, citrate synthase, isolated from an Antarctic bacterium, at a resolution of 2.09 A. In comparison with the same enzyme from a hyperthermophilic host, the cold-active enzyme has a much more accessible active site, an unusual electrostatic potential distribution and an increased relative flexibility of the small domain compared to the large domain. Several other features of the cold-active enzyme were also identified: reduced subunit interface interactions with no intersubunit ion-pair networks; loops of increased length carrying more charge and fewer proline residues; an increase in solvent-exposed hydrophobic residues; and an increase in intramolecular ion pairs. CONCLUSIONS Enzymes from organisms living at the temperature extremes of life need to avoid hot or cold denaturation yet maintain sufficient structural integrity to allow catalytic efficiency. For hyperthermophiles, thermal denaturation of the citrate synthase dimer appears to be resisted by complex networks of ion pairs at the dimer interface, a feature common to other hyperthermophilic proteins. For the cold-active citrate synthase, cold denaturation appears to be resisted by an increase in intramolecular ion pairs compared to the hyperthermophilic enzyme. Catalytic efficiency of the cold-active enzyme appears to be achieved by a more accessible active site and by an increase in the relative flexibility of the small domain compared to the large domain.
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- R J Russell
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, UK
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