Refolding of rhodanese and cyclophilin A in the
presence of sht-GroEL191-345 and sht-GroEL191-376. (a)
Relative enzymatic activity of rhodanese (0.1 μM) after refolding in
the presence (+) or absence (−) of GroEL (2.5 μM monomer), GroES
(2.5 μM monomer), ATP (2 mM), sht-GroEL191-345 (2.5 μM),
sht-GroEL191-376 (2.5 μM), or bovine serum albumin (45 μg/ml),
from 8 M urea (U). One-hundred percent activity was obtained with
native rhodanese (N). (b) Refolding kinetics of
rhodanese in presence of GroEL, GroES, and ATP. The final
concentrations are the same as in a. One-hundred percent
activity was obtained with native rhodanese. (c
and d) Refolding kinetics of rhodanese in the presence
of 0.18 μM, 2.5 μM, or 5 μM sht-GroEL191-345 and
sht-GroEL191-376, respectively. (e) Refolding of 1 μM
cyclophilin A in the presence of 7 μM GroEL (monomer), 4 μM
sht-GroEL191-345, 4 μM sht-GroEL191-376, or 1 μM sht-GroEL191-376.
One-hundred percent activity was obtained with native cyclophilin A.
Standard error bars are shown. The 30% spontaneous refolding of
cyclophilin was complete in the dead time of the experiment.