Abstract
Conditions for in vitro unfolding and refolding of dimeric thymidylate synthase from Lactobacillus casei were found. Ultraviolet difference and circular dichroism spectra showed that the enzyme was completely unfolded at concentrations of urea over 5.5 M. As measured by restoration of enzyme activity, refolding was accomplished when 0.5 M potassium chloride was included in the refolding mixture. Recombination of subunits from catalytically inactive mutant homodimers to form an active hybrid dimer was achieved under these unfolding-refolding conditions, demonstrating a monomer to dimer association step.
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