Table 3. Folded population of the reporter residues and their thermodynamic analysis deduced from NMR in acetate buffer (pH 3.8) at 25 °C.
Fraction folded
a
(%) |
% folded population | ΔGfold (kcal mol–1) | ||||
Val3 | Val5 | Lys8 | Ile10 | |||
2 | 39 | 60 | 36 | 38 | 43 ± 10 | 0.17 ± 0.2 |
3 | 68 | 80 | 68 | 59 | 69 ± 7 | –0.48 ± 0.1 |
3b | 38 | 63 | 32 | 30 | 41 ± 13 | 0.22 ± 0.2 |
3e | 64 | 80 | 67 | 59 | 67 ± 8 | –0.42 ± 0.2 |
3n | 78 | 99 | 76 | 70 | 81 ± 11 | –0.86 ± 0.3 |
4g | 84 | 99 | 81 | 75 | 85 ± 9 | –1.03 ± 0.3 |
5 | 95 | 99 | 89 | 85 | 92 ± 5 | –1.44 ± 0.4 |
pG | 81 | 87 | 83 | 76 | 82 ± 3 | –0.90 ± 0.1 |
aFraction folded and ΔGfold were calculated from the respective fully folded disulfide bridged cyclic variant and an unfolded random coil by established methods (ESI).