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Protein Science, Vol 9, Issue 12 2394-2404, Copyright © 2000 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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The effects of disulfide bonds on the denatured state of barnase

J Clarke, AM Hounslow, CJ Bond, AR Fersht and V Daggett
Centre for Protein Engineering, University Chemical Laboratories, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

The effects of engineered disulfide bonds on protein stability are poorly understood because they can influence the structure, dynamics, and energetics of both the native and denatured states. To explore the effects of two engineered disulfide bonds on the stability of barnase, we have conducted a combined molecular dynamics and NMR study of the denatured state of the two mutants. As expected, the disulfide bonds constrain the denatured state. However, specific extended beta-sheet structure can also be detected in one of the mutant proteins. This mutant is also more stable than would be predicted. Our study suggests a possible cause of the very high stability conferred by this disulfide bond: the wild-type denatured ensemble is stabilized by a nonnative hydrophobic cluster, which is constrained from occurring in the mutant due to the formation of secondary structure.
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