TY - JOUR
T1 - NMR relaxation studies of the role of conformational entropy in protein stability and ligand binding
AU - Stone, Martin J
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Recent advances in the measurement and analysis of protein NMR relaxation data have made it possible to characterize the dynamical properties of many backbone and side chain groups. With certain caveats, changes in flexibility that occur upon ligand binding, mutation, or changes in sample conditions can be interpreted in terms of contributions to conformational entropy. Backbone and side chain flexibility can either decrease or increase upon ligand binding. Decreases are often associated with enthalpy-entropy compensation and induced fit binding, whereas increases in conformational entropy can contribute to stabilization of complexes. In certain cases, conformational entropy appears to play a role in cooperative binding and enzyme catalysis. In addition, variations in conformational entropy and heat capacity may both be important in stabilizing the folded structures of proteins.
AB - Recent advances in the measurement and analysis of protein NMR relaxation data have made it possible to characterize the dynamical properties of many backbone and side chain groups. With certain caveats, changes in flexibility that occur upon ligand binding, mutation, or changes in sample conditions can be interpreted in terms of contributions to conformational entropy. Backbone and side chain flexibility can either decrease or increase upon ligand binding. Decreases are often associated with enthalpy-entropy compensation and induced fit binding, whereas increases in conformational entropy can contribute to stabilization of complexes. In certain cases, conformational entropy appears to play a role in cooperative binding and enzyme catalysis. In addition, variations in conformational entropy and heat capacity may both be important in stabilizing the folded structures of proteins.
UR - http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/article.cgi/achre4/2001/34/i05/pdf/ar000079c.pdf
M3 - Article
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 34
SP - 379
EP - 388
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 5
ER -