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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biophys Chem. 2011 Jul 7;159(1):217–226. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2011.06.016

Table I.

Thermodynamic parameters of acid denaturation and chemical denaturation of SNase and SNase variants.

Reference Variant [KCl]
mM
Osmolyte/Salt pHmid an ΔG°H2O
kcal/mol
pH 7
WT 10 3.82 ± 0.02 3.60 ± 0.27
Δ+PHS 10 2.35 ± 0.02 3.77 ± 0.06
WT 100 3.79 ± 0.01 3.40 ± 0.12 5.4
PHS 100 2.91 ± 0.07 4.22 ± 0.18 8.5
Δ+PHS 100 2.06 ± 0.01 2.80 ± 0.12 11.8 ± 0.1
Δ+VIAGLA 100 2.02 ± 0.02 2.72 ± 0.12 12.5± 0.2
WT SNase 1000 3.68 ± 0.28 2.59 ± 0.13
Δ+PHS 1000 n/d
Δ+PHS 100 50mM SO4 n/d
Δ+PHS 100 300mM SO4 n/d
Δ+PHS 100 100mM NaClO4 2.02 ± 0.03 1.99 ± 0.04
Δ+PHS 100 1.5M Sucrose n/d
Δ+PHS 100 300mM TMAO 1.90 ± 0.03 1.98 ± 0.07 13.1 ± 0.3
Δ+PHS 100 1M Glycerol 1.92 ± 0.03 2.41 ± 0.10 11.8 ± 0.3
Δ+PHS D19N 100 1.95 ± 0.04 2.33 ± 0.25
Δ+PHS D21N 100 2.19 ± 0.02 2.88 ± 0.11
Δ+PHS R35Q 100 2.26 ± 0.02 2.37 ± 0.11
Δ+PHS E57Q 100 3.46 ± 0.72 1.82 ± 0.98
Δ+PHS R87Q 100 2.96 ± 0.05 2.86 ± 0.29
Δ+PHS R35Q R87Q 100 3.05 ± 0.17 3.49 ± 0.21
Δ+PHS E135Q 100 2.03 ± 0.02 2.72 ± 0.12
Δ+VIAGLA 100 2.02 ± 0.02 2.72 ± 0.12 12.5 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA E10Q 100 2.03 ± 0.01 2.55 ± 0.10 11.7 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA D19N 100 1.8 ± 0.03 2.20 ± 0.11 13.2 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA D83N 100 2.32 ± 0.03 2.26 ± 0.06 10.8 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA D95N 100 2.2 ± 0.02 2.54 ± 0.14 10.8 ± 0.1
Δ+VIAGLA H8Q 100 1.95 ± 0.01 2.60 ± 0.11 12.3 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA K16Q 100 2.03 ± 0.02 2.86 ± 0.23 11.9 ± 0.3
Δ+VIAGLA K63Q 100 2.11 ± 0.02 2.67 ± 0.16 11.7 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA K71Q 100 1.98 ± 0.02 2.61 ± 0.13 12.2 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA K134Q 100 2.02 ± 0.01 2.78 ± 0.11 12.1 ± 0.2
Δ+VIAGLA D77N
D83N 100 2.73 ± 0.04 2.07 ± 0.06 8.8 ± 0.1
Δ+VIAGLA E10Q
D19N
D77N
D83N 100 2.83 ± 0.05 1.72 ± 0.09 8.7 ± 0.1
Δ+VIAGLA E10Q
D19N
D77N
D83N
D95N 100 3.25 ± 0.20 1.35 ± 0.25 6.5 ± 0.1
WT 100 100mM NaClO4 3.79 ± 0.02 2.73 ± 0.12
WT 100 50mM SO4 3.6 ± 0.03 2.77 ± 0.13
WT E10A 100 4.02 ± 0.01 2.89 ± 0.11 3.7 ± 0.3
WT D19A 100 4.07 ± 0.01 3.27 ± 0.18 4.6 ± 0.1
WT D77A 100 4.08 ± 0.02 2.31 ± 0.08 2.1 ± 0.2
WT D83A 100 4.42 ± 0.11 2.35 ± 0.48 1.3 ± 0.5
WT D95A 100 4.61± 0.35 3.25± 0.45 1.3 ± 0.3
a

Slope of the pH titration curves, which is proportional to the net number of H+ bound preferentially to the U state over the N state upon acid unfolding.