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. 2023 Sep 22;127(39):8296–8304. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c03558

Table 2. Chemical Unfolding of Peptides and Proteins of Different Sizes and Structures in Guanidine HCl and Urea.

protein, peptide Naa pH denaturant KD cmid σ cini cend Δc gden ΔF    
        M–1 M   M M M kcal/mol kcal/mol lit. figure
BBL 41 7 GndHCl 0.33 3.03 3.00 × 10–02 0.2 7.5 7.3 –2.14 –20.9 (31) Figure 2B
ubiquitin WT 76   GndHCl 0.34 2.94 7.00 × 10–03 1.4 5 3.6 –0.753 –22.1 (32) Figure 1
ubiquitin L67S 76   GndHCl 0.72 1.39 1.30 × 10–02 0.5 2.7 2.2 –0.998 –28.4 (32) Figure 1
ubiquitin 76 2 GnddHCl 0.395 2.53 8.00 × 10–03 1.2 4.5 3.3 –0.782 –24.1 (33) Figure 4
ubiquitin 76 5.5 GndHCl 0.295 3.39 1.20 × 10–02 1.3 6.3 5 –0.934 –26.4 (33)  
Apo lipoprotein A1 120 8 GndHCl 1 1.00 2.00 × 10–02 0.3 2 1.7 –1.12 –49.7 (34) Figure 1
Apo lipoprotein A1 122 7.4 GndHCl 0.952 1.05 5.00 × 10–03 0.6 1.7 1.1 –0.61 –32.8 (35) Figure 7
Apo lipoprotein A1 122 7.4 GndHCl 0.95 1.05 3.00 × 10–02 0.3 2.3 2 –1.21 –55.9 (36)  
lysozyme 129 7 GndHCl 0.245 4.08 2.00 × 10–03 2.8 5.8 3 –0.431 –24.6 (16) Figure 1
lysozyme 129 2 GndHCl 0.42 2.38 2.00 × 10–02 0.8 4.6 3.8 –1.03 –49.6 (37) Figure 2A
lysozyme 129 2.5 GndHCl 0.48 2.08 5.00 × 10–03 1.1 3.2 2.1 –0.632 –31.1 (37) Figure 1
PMS-Ct 145 4 GndHCl 0.52 1.92 1.00 × 10–03 1.1 2.5 1.4 –0.486 –22.7 (38) Figure 4
PMS-Ct 241 4 GndHCl 0.513 1.95 4.00 × 10–03 1.1 2.7 1.6 –0.531 –45.3 (38) Figure 4
average       0.551 2.22 0.012     2.931 -0.90      
STDV       0.256 0.93 0.0096     1.659 0.43      
Ac-tyr-(ala-glu-ala-ala-lys-ala)5-phe-NH2 32 7 urea 0.25 4.00 8.00 × 10–02           (6) Figure 1
Ac-tyr-(ala-glu-ala-ala-lys-ala)8-phe-NH2 50 7.0 urea 0.2 5.00 1.00 × 10–02 2.2 9.8 7.6 –0.884 –18.1 (39) Figure 1273 K
HPr protein 85 7 urea 0.215 4.65 8.00 × 10–03 2 8 6 –0.793 –26.2 (40) Figure 1B288 K
cytochrome c 106 5 urea 0.2 5.00 4.00 × 10–03 2.9 7.7 4.8 –0.578 –25.1 (3)  
cytochrome c 106 7 urea 0.155 6.46 4.00 × 10–03 3.6 9.5 5.9 –0.574 –22.5 (3) Figure 5
P22 1-domaiin 123 6 urea 0.3 3.33 9.00 × 10–03 1.5 5.6 4.1 –0.753 –35.18 (41) Figure 2
lysozyme 129 2 urea 0.303 3.30 2.00 × 10–02 2.2 6.4 4.2 –0.632 –47.9 (37) Figure 2B
lysozyme 129 5.5 urea 0.15 6.67 2.00 × 10–03 4.5 9.3 4.8 –0.43 –23.3 (16) Figure 1
anti-EF-R mab 1600 7 urea 0.18 5.56 2.00 × 10–02 2 8.3 6.3 –0.85 –407 (3) Figure 2
average       0.22 4.80 1.74 × 10–02     5.46 -0.69      
STDV       0.05 1.15 0.0229     1.12 0.15      
lysozyme 129   SDS 230.00 0.00 7.00 × 10–02 0.001 0.012 0.011 –1.47 –77.7 (18) Table 1 298 K