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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 262, Issue 6, 2590-2596, Feb, 1987

The kinetics of bovine growth hormone folding are consistent with a framework model

DN Brems, SM Plaisted, JJ Dougherty Jr and TF Holzman

The framework model of protein folding requires the hydrogen-bonded secondary structure to be formed early in folding (i.e. the formation of secondary structure precedes the tertiary structure) (Kim, P. S., and Baldwin, R. L. (1982) Annu. Rev. Biochem. 51, 459-489). To test the framework model directly the kinetics of bovine growth hormone (bGH) folding were compared utilizing two methods of detection, one that measures the secondary structure (far ultraviolet circular dichroism) and another that measures the tertiary structure (near ultraviolet absorbance). The results demonstrate that, under identical folding conditions, the kinetics observed by far ultraviolet circular dichroism are faster than those observed by ultraviolet absorption. The faster kinetics observed by circular dichroism indicate the existence of a helix-containing intermediate which is consistent with the framework model. The effect of protein concentration and denaturant concentration on the kinetics of refolding were studied. The rate of refolding measured by absorbance and circular dichroism was dependent on protein concentration. The protein concentration dependence on refolding is due to the transient formation of an associated intermediate. The concentration dependence of folding is taken as evidence that folding is a sequential process with partially folded monomers responsible for the observed association effect. At dilute protein concentrations the refolding can be studied independent of the association phenomena. The growth hormones utilized in this study were derived from Escherichia coli through recombinant DNA technology and from bovine pituitaries. The pituitary-derived bGH has been shown to be heterogeneous at the NH2 terminus (Lorenson, M. F., and Ellis, S. (1975) Endocrinology 96, 833- 838), whereas the recombinant DNA-derived bGH contains a single NH2 terminus. No differences in the folding kinetics between the recombinant DNA and pituitary derived-bGH were observed. It is concluded that the heterogeneity of the NH2 terminus of growth hormone obtained from bovine pituitaries does not affect the observed in vitro folding kinetics.
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