Publication: Urea equilibrium unfolding of the major core protein of the retrovirus feline immunodeficiency virus and its tryptophan mutants
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2001-03-09
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ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
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Circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy have been employed to study the urea unfolding mechanism of a recombinant form of the major core protein of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV-rp24) and its native tryptophan mutants. The equilibrium denaturation curves indicate the existence of two transitions. The first unfolding transition most likely reflects the denaturation of the carboxy-terminal region of FIV-rp24. Consequently, the second transition, where the changes in fluorescence are produced, should reflect the denaturation of the amino-terminal region. If the intermediate observed upon urea denaturation is an on- pathway species, the data described herein can reflect the sequential and independent loss of structure of the two domains that this type of proteins possesses.