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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Millisecond and Submillisecond Folding Kinetics of Horse Apomyoglobin and Yeast Phosphoglycerate Kinase

Abstract

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Yeast phosphoglycerate kinase is a 415 residue dual domain protein which contains two tryptophans located in the C-terminus. PGK readily cold denatures yielding a state generally devoid of stable secondary structure. Kinetic measurements indicated the molecule collapses to a molten globule type state on the sub-ms time scale. Measurements on the wild-type protein and a series of single tryptophans mutants also showed vastly different folding times indicating considerable folding heterogeneity both interdomain and intradomain. Furthermore, by varying the final folding temperature and thereby adjusting the native bias, the kinetics were successfully tuned between type 1 (activated) and type 0 (downhill).

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemistry
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Sabelko, Jobiah John
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Martin Gruebele

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9990127
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84496

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Sabelko, Jobiah John. Millisecond and Submillisecond Folding Kinetics of Horse Apomyoglobin and Yeast Phosphoglycerate Kinase. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84496