<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dalal, Sayli A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">More, Snehal V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shankar, Shiv</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Laxman, Ryali Seeta</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gaikwad, Sushama M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Subtilase from Beauveria sp.: conformational and functional investigation of unusual stability</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Biophysics Journal With Biophysics Letters</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Beauveria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemical denaturation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conformational transitions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serine protease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Subtilase</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermal denaturation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermodynamic stability</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SEP</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8-9</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">393-403</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Retention of total activity of the subtilisin-like serine protease from Beauveria sp. MTCC 5184 (Bprot) in the vicinity of (1) 3 M GdnHCl for 12 h, (2) 50 % methanol and dimethyl sulfoxide each for 24 h, and (3) proteolytic enzymes (trypsin, chymotrypsin, and proteinase K) for 48 h led to expect the enzyme to be a kinetically stable protein. Also, the structure of the protein was stable at pH 2.0. Biophysical characterization and conformational transitions were monitored using steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, FTIR, and CD spectroscopy. Single tryptophan in the protein exists as two conformers, in hydrophobic and polar environment. The secondary structure of Bprot was stable in 3 M GdnHCl as seen in far-UV CD spectra. The active fraction of Bprot obtained from size-exclusion chromatography in the presence of GdnHCl (1.0-3.0 M) eluted at reduced retention time. The peak area of inactive or denatured protein with the same retention time as that of native protein increased with increasing concentration of denaturant (1.0-4.0 M GdnHCl). However, the kinetics of GdnHCl-induced unfolding as studied from intrinsic fluorescence revealed k (unf) of native protein to be 5.407 x 10(-5) s(-1) and a half-life of 3.56 h. The enzyme is thermodynamically stable in spite of being resistant to the denaturant, which could be due to the effect of GdnHCl imparting rigidity to the active fraction and simultaneously unfolding the partially unfolded protein that exists in equilibrium with the folded active protein. Thermal and pH denaturation of Bprot exhibited interesting structural transitions.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8-9</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0.09</style></custom4></record></records></xml>