Temperature-sensitive mutations of bacteriophage T4 lysozyme occur at sites with low mobility and low solvent accessibility in the folded protein

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Abstract

Twenty-five different temperature-sensitive point mutations at 20 sites in the lysozyme gene of bacteriophage T4 have been identified. All of the mutations alter amino acid side chains that have lower than average crystallographic thermal factors and reduced solvent accessibility in the folded protein. This suggests that the amino acids with well-defined conformations can form specific intramolecular interactions that make relatively large contributions to the thermal stability of the protein. Residues with high mobility or high solvent accessibility are much less susceptible to destabilizing substitutions, suggesting that, in general, such amino acids contribute less to protein stability. The pattern of the sites of ts substitutions observed in the folded conformation of T4 lysozyme suggests that severe destabilizing mutations that primarily affect the free energy of the unfolded state are rare. These results indicate that proteins can be stabilized by adding new interactions to regions that are rigid or buried in the folded conformation.

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