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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
The optimization of protein‐solvent interactions: Thermostability and the role of hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions
Contributor:
Spassov, Velin Z.;
Karshikoff, Andrej D.;
Ladenstein, Rudolf
imprint:
Wiley, 1995
Published in:Protein Science
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1002/pro.5560040809
ISSN:
0961-8368;
1469-896X
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Protein‐solvent interactions were analyzed using an optimization parameter based on the ratio of the solvent‐accessible area in the native and the unfolded protein structure. The calculations were performed for a set of 183 nonhomologous proteins with known three‐dimensional structure available in the Protein Data Bank. The dependence of the total solvent‐accessible surface area on the protein molecular mass was analyzed. It was shown that there is no difference between the monomeric and oligomeric proteins with respect to the solvent‐accessible area. The results also suggested that for proteins with molecular mass above some critical mass, which is about 28 kDa, a formation of domain structure or subunit aggregation into oligomers is preferred rather than a further enlargement of a single domain structure. An analysis of the optimization of both protein‐solvent and charge‐charge interactions was performed for 14 proteins from thermophilic organisms. The comparison of the optimization parameters calculated for proteins from thermophiles and mesophiles showed that the former are generally characterized by a high degree of optimization of the hydrophobic interactions or, in cases where the optimization of the hydrophobic interactions is not sufficiently high, by highly optimized charge‐charge interactions.</jats:p>