Kinetic analysis of the folding and unfolding of a mutant form of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor lacking the cysteine-14 and -38 thiols
BiochemistryPublished 5 April 1988
David P. Goldenberg
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The kinetics of the disulfide-coupled unfolding-refolding transition of a mutant form of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) lacking Cys-14 and -38 were measured and compared to previous results for the wild-type protein and other modified forms, confirming the previous conclusion that the energetically preferred pathway for folding and unfolding of BPTI includes intramolecular rearrangements of intermediates.
Abstract
The kinetics of the disulfide-coupled unfolding-refolding transition of a mutant form of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) lacking Cys-14 and -38 were measured and compared to previous results for the wild-type protein and other modified forms. The altered cysteines, which were changed to serine in the mutant protein, are normally paired in a disulfide in the native protein but from disulfides with Cys-5 in two-disulfide kinetic intermediates during folding. Although the mutant protein could fold efficiently, the kinetics of both folding and unfolding were altered, reflecting the roles of these cysteines in the two-disulfide intermediates with "wrong" disulfides. The intramolecular rate constant for the formation of the second disulfide of the native mutant protein was more than 10(3)-fold lower than that for the formation of a second disulfide during the refolding of the wild-type protein. The observed rate of unfolding of the mutant protein was also lower than that of the wild-type protein, demonstrating that the altered cysteines are involved in the intramolecular rearrangements that are the rate-determining step in the unfolding of the wild-type protein. These results confirm the previous conclusion [Creighton, T.E. (1977) J. Mol. Biol. 113, 275-293] that the energetically preferred pathway for folding and unfolding of BPTI includes intramolecular rearrangements of intermediates in which Cys-14 and -38 are paired in disulfides not present in the native protein. The present results are also consistent with other, less detailed, studies with similar mutants lacking Cys-14 and -38 [Marks, C.B., Naderi, H., Kosen, P.A., Kuntz, I.D., & Anderson, S. (1987) Science (Washington, D.C.) 235, 1370-1371].
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