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. 1978 Feb 1;169(2):371–380. doi: 10.1042/bj1690371

Thermal denaturation of Micrococcus lysodeikticus adenosine triphosphatase. Influence of temperature on the circular dichroism, fluroescence and enzymic activity of the protein.

J A Ayala, M Nieto
PMCID: PMC1184176  PMID: 147080

Abstract

The soluble ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) from Micrococcus lysodeikticus underwent a major unfolding transition when solutions of the enzyme at pH 7.5 were heated. The midpoint occurred at 46 degrees C when monitored by changes in enzymic activity and intrinsic fluorescence, and at 49 degrees C when monitored by circular dichroism. The products of thermal denaturation retained much secondary structure, and no evidence of subunit dissociation was detected after cooling at 20 degrees C. The thermal transition was irreversible, and thiol groups were not involved in the irreversibility. The presence of ATP, adenylyl imidodiphosphate, CaCl2 or higher concentrations of ATPase conferred stability against thermal denaturation, but did not prevent the irreversibility one denaturation had taken place. In the presence of guanidinium chloride, thermal denaturation occurred at lower temperatures. The midpoints of the transition were 45 degrees C in 0.25 M-, 38 degrees C in 0.5 M-and 30 degrees C in 0.75 M-denaturant. In the highest concentration of guanidinium chloride a similar unfolding transition induced by cooling was observed. Its midpoint was 9 degrees C, and the temperature of maximum stability of the protein was 20 degrees C. The discontinuities occurring the the Arrhenius plots of the activity of this enzyme had no counterpart in variations in the far-u.v. circular dichroism or intrinsic fluorescence of the protein at the same temperature.

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