Unpaired cysteine-54 interferes with the ability of an engineered disulfide to stabilize T4 lysozyme
- 11 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 25 (3) , 733-739
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00351a034
Abstract
We have introduced an intramolecular disulfide bond into T4 lysozyme and have shown this molecule to be significantly more stable than the wild-type molecule to irreversible thermal inactivation [Perry, L. J., and Wetzel, R. (1984) Science (Washington, D.C.) 226, 555-557]. Wild-type T4 lysozyme contains two free cysteines, at positions 54 and 97, and no disulfide bonds. By directed mutagenesis of the cloned T4 lysozyme gene, we replaced Ile-3 with Cys. Oxidation in vitro generated an intramolecular disulfide bond; proteolytic mapping showed this bond to connect Cys-3 to Cys-97. While this molecule exhibited substantially more stability against thermal inactivation than wild type, its stability was further enhanced by additional modification with thiol-specific reagents. This and other evidence suggest that at basic pH and elevated temperatures Cys-54 is involved in intermolecular thiol/disulfide interchange with the engineered disulfide, leading to inactive oligomers. Mutagenic replacement of Cys-54 with Thr or Val in the disulfide-cross-linked variant generated lysozymes exhibiting greatly enhanced stability toward irreversible thermal inactivation.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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