Staphylococcal ribonuclease

Privalov et al (1989) studied the unfolded forms of several globular proteins [ribonuclease A, hen egg white lysozyme, apomyoglobin (apoMb), cytochrome c, and staphylococcal nuclease]. Unfolding was induced by 6 M Gdm-HCl at 10°C, heating to 80°C, or by low pH at 10°C with cross-links cleaved (reduction and carboxamidomethylation or removal of heme). The unfolded forms showed CD spectra (Fig. 27)... 

Differences between the spectra of fluorescence and phosphorescence are immediately obvious. For all tryptophans in proteins the phosphorescence spectrum, even at room temperature, is structured, while the fluorescence emission is not. (Even at low temperatures the fluorescence emission spectrum is usually not structured. The notable exceptions include a-amylase and aldolase, 26 protease, azurin 27,28 and ribonuclease 7, staphylococcal endonuclease, elastase, tobacco mosaic virus coat protein, and Drosophila alcohol dehydrogenase 12. )... 

Studies of proteolytic fragments of staphylococcal nuclease (Tan-iuchi and Anfinsen, 1969) and RNase A (Taniuchi, 1970) seemed to support this view. Taniuchi (1970), in summary remarks, said Thus, the minimum information of the specific folding of a protein requiring almost the entire amino acid sequence is observed with both staph-yloccocal nuclease and bovine pancreatic ribonuclease. ... 

Pancreatic ribonuclease Staphylococcal nuclease Peroxidases Glutathione peroxidase Cytochrome c peroxidase Oxygen carriers Myoglobin, hemoglobin Myohemerythrin, hemerythrin Hormone-binding proteins Uteroglobin Pre albumin Lectins... 

RNS, ribonuclease LZM, lysozyme SNS, staphylococcal nuclease LZ4, T4 lysozyme PAP, papain TLS, thermolysin, TRX, thioiedoxin FLN, flavodoxin ADH, alcohol dehydrogenase coenzyme domain AKN, adenyl kinase MDG, malate dehydrogenase TIM, triosephosphate isomerase SUB, subtilisin CPA, carboxypeptidase LDH, lactate dehydrogenase PGK, phosphoglycerate kinase GPD, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, HKN, hexokinase. 

The apparent usefulness of the modeling approach suggested that possible active site interactions important in understanding the mode of action of the well-characterized enzymes, ribonuclease (16) and staphylococcal nuclease (17). may be revealed. Both have been the subject of extensive crystallographic studies (18,19) with suitable inactive substrates in place. We considered the first step of hydrolytic action of ribonuclease (RNase) on the dinucleotide substrate uridylyl-(3 -5 )-adenosine(UpA). Our results (20) on the enzyme mechanism were consistent with the main features summarized by Roberts et al (21). The first step is a transphosphorylation leading to cleavage "oT the phosphodiester... 

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