Factors effecting the thermostability of cysteine proteinases from Carcia papaya
1993
Sumner, I.G. | Harris, G.W. | Taylor, M.A.J. | Pickersgill, R.W. | Owen, A.J. | Goodenough, P.W.
Thermal denaturation of four Carica papaya cysteine proteinases (papain, chymopapain, papaya proteinases 3 and 4) was studied as a function of pH using high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry. The ratios of calorimetric enthalpy to Van't Hoff enthalpy suggest that, for all these proteins, denaturation occurs as a non two state process, via an intermediate structure. Differences in the thermal stabilities of the proteinases; chymopapain > papaya proteinase 3 > papain > papaya proteinase 4, were correlated to their amino acid sequence to explain the observations in terms of mobility and specific residue mutation. Three-dimensional structures of papain and papaya proteinase 3 were similarly used to illustrate the influence of atomic mobility on stability.
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