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| Author(s): JANIN J |
| Source: PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND GENETICS Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Pages: 30-39 Published: JAN 1995 |
| Times Cited: 143 References: 82 |
| Abstract: The affinity of two molecules for each other and its temperature dependence are determined by the change in enthalpy, free enthalpy, entropy, and heat capacity upon dissociation. As we know the forces that stabilize protein-protein or protein-DNA association and the three-dimensional structures of the complex, we can in principle derive values for each one of these parameters. The calculation is done first in gas phase by molecular mechanics, then in solution with the help of hydration parameters calibrated on small molecules. However, estimates of enthalpy and entropy changes in gas phase have excessively large error bars even under the approximation that the components of the complex associate as rigid bodies. No reliable result can be expected at the end. The fit to experimental values derived from binding and calorimetric measurements is poor, except for the dissociation heat capacity. This parameter can be attributed mostly to the hydration step and it correlates with the size of the interface. Many protein-protein complexes have interface areas in the range 1200-2000 Angstrom(2) and only small conformation changes, so the rigid body approximation applies. It is less generally valid in protein-DNA complexes, which have interfaces covering 2200-3100 Angstrom(2), large dissociation heat capacities, and affect both the conformation and the dynamics of their components. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: JANIN, J (reprint author), UNIV PARIS SUD, STRUCT BIOL LAB, CNRS, UMR 9920, F-91198 GIF SUR YVETTE, FRANCE |
| Publisher: WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 605 THIRD AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10158-0012 |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Biophysics |
| IDS Number: QE312 |
| ISSN: 0887-3585 |
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