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Nico A J van Nuland1, Christopher M Dobson, Lynne Regan
1Department of Physical Chemistry and Institute of Biotechnology, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain.
Abstract:
Rop is a four-helix bundle protein composed of two identical helix-loop-helix monomers. Protein folding monitored by stopped-flow fluorescence or CD exhibits biphasic kinetics when folding to low final denaturant concentrations. As the final concentration of denaturant is increased, the amplitude of the fast phase decreases, until at the highest concentrations the kinetics appear monophasic. We propose that the fast phase represents the formation of an intermediate. Here, we use real-time NMR to detect the formation of this intermediate and to characterize its structural features.
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