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Mass Spectrometric Approaches to Study Protein Structure and Interactions in Lyophilized Powders
Published on: April 14, 2015
Insights into the role of hydration in protein structure and stability obtained through hydrostatic pressure studies
1Centre de Biochimie Structurale, Montpellier Cedex, France. royer@cbs.cnrs.fr
Abstract:
A thorough understanding of protein structure and stability requires that we elucidate the molecular basis for the effects of both temperature and pressure on protein conformational transitions. While temperature effects are relatively well understood and the change in heat capacity upon unfolding has been reasonably well parameterized, the state of understanding of pressure effects is much less advanced. Ultimately, a quantitative parameterization of the volume changes (at the basis of pressure effects) accompanying protein conformational transitions will be required. The present report introduces a qualitative hypothesis based on available model compound data for the molecular basis of volume change upon protein unfolding and its dependence on temperature.
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