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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Biochemistry. 2008 Sep 25;47(42):11097–11109. doi: 10.1021/bi801287m

Table 3.

Denaturation volume changes predicted by side-chain volumes

ΔV°predict3) δΔV3)

L99G/E108V 206.2 ± 10.0 29.6 ± 26.9
A98L 73.1 ± 10.0 54.1 ± 12.1
V149G 187.1 ± 10.0 -53.0 ± 12.4

The experimental denaturation volume change, ΔV°, of L99A at pH 3.0 20 mM NaCl was used as a reference. δΔV = ΔV°experiment - ΔV°predict. Volume changes of other mutants were predicted with van der Waals volumes of side-chains (52) of exchanged amino acids.