6A4O

HEWL crystals soaked in 2.5M GuHCl for 20 minutes


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.204 
  • R-Value Work: 0.169 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.171 

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Literature

X-ray crystallographic analysis of time-dependent binding of guanidine hydrochloride to HEWL: First steps during protein unfolding.

Raskar, T.Koh, C.Y.Niebling, S.Kini, R.M.Hosur, M.V.

(2019) Int J Biol Macromol 122: 903-913

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.11.023
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    6A4N, 6A4O, 6A4P, 6A4Q

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Time-dependent binding of guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) to hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL), and effects of this binding on the protein structure have been investigated by solving X-ray structures of crystalline complexes. The complexes have been prepared by soaking, for different periods of time, native lysozyme crystals in solutions containing 2.5M GuHCl. In the refined structures, the number of water molecules in the protein's first solvent shell has progressively decreased from 152 to 115, showing protein's preference for guanidinium over water. Guanidinium ions preferentially hydrogen bond with the backbone carbonyl oxygen atoms. In their van der Waals interactions, they do not show any preference for apolar residues. Guanidinium ions have replaced water molecules that form cages around exposed hydrophobic residues. Guanidinium binding has decreased the average length of water-water hydrogen bond by 0.1Å. The hydrogen bonds between main chain atoms have been weakened by GuHCl, and this may be the reason for increased potency of GuHCl compared to urea. Guanidinium binding destabilizes the β-domain by causing loss of hydrogen bonds involving Asn 59 side chain. Interestingly, this loss is almost identical to that observed in structures of amyloidogenic variants of human lysozyme. Compounds preventing this loss could be anti-amyloidogenic.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics Group, Centre for Hybrid Nanostructures (ChyN), University of Hamburg, Germany.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Lysozyme C129Gallus gallusMutation(s): 0 
EC: 3.2.1.17
UniProt
Find proteins for P00698 (Gallus gallus)
Explore P00698 
Go to UniProtKB:  P00698
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupP00698
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 3 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
GOL
Query on GOL

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K [auth A]GLYCEROL
C3 H8 O3
PEDCQBHIVMGVHV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
GAI
Query on GAI

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B [auth A]
C [auth A]
D [auth A]
E [auth A]
F [auth A]
B [auth A],
C [auth A],
D [auth A],
E [auth A],
F [auth A],
G [auth A]
GUANIDINE
C H5 N3
ZRALSGWEFCBTJO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
CL
Query on CL

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H [auth A],
I [auth A],
J [auth A]
CHLORIDE ION
Cl
VEXZGXHMUGYJMC-UHFFFAOYSA-M
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.204 
  • R-Value Work: 0.169 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.171 
  • Space Group: P 43 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 78.49α = 90
b = 78.49β = 90
c = 36.98γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
MOSFLMdata reduction
Aimlessdata scaling
PHASERphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2019-03-13
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2023-11-22
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Refinement description