Title | Interfacial water at protein surfaces: wide-line NMR and DSC characterization of hydration in ubiquitin solutions. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Tompa, K., P. Bánki, M. Bokor, P. Kamasa, G. Lasanda, and P. Tompa |
Journal | Biophys J |
Volume | 96 |
Issue | 7 |
Pagination | 2789-98 |
Date Published | 2009 Apr 8 |
ISSN | 1542-0086 |
Keywords | Calorimetry, Differential Scanning, Freeze Drying, Freezing, Hot Temperature, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Solutions, Surface Properties, Thermodynamics, Ubiquitin, Water |
Abstract | Wide-line 1H-NMR and differential scanning calorimetry measurements were done in aqueous solutions and on lyophilized samples of human ubiquitin between -70 degrees C and +45 degrees C. The measured properties (size, thermal evolution, and wide-line NMR spectra) of the protein-water interfacial region are substantially different in the double-distilled and buffered-water solutions of ubiquitin. The characteristic transition in water mobility is identified as the melting of the nonfreezing/hydrate water. The amount of water in the low-temperature mobile fraction is 0.4 g/g protein for the pure water solution. The amount of mobile water is higher and its temperature dependence more pronounced for the buffered solution. The specific heat of the nonfreezing/hydrate water was evaluated using combined differential scanning calorimetry and NMR data. Considering the interfacial region as an independent phase, the values obtained are 5.0-5.8 J x g(-1) x K(-1), and the magnitudes are higher than that of pure/bulk water (4.2 J x g(-1) x K(-1)). This unexpected discrepancy can only be resolved in principle by assuming that hydrate water is in tight H-bond coupling with the protein matrix. The specific heat for the system composed of the protein molecule and its hydration water is 2.3 J x g(-1) x K(-1). It could be concluded that the protein ubiquitin and its hydrate layer behave as a highly interconnected single phase in a thermodynamic sense. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.11.038 |
Alternate Journal | Biophys. J. |
PubMed ID | 19348762 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC2711274 |
Grant List | GR067595 / / Wellcome Trust / United Kingdom |
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