Abstract
Methanogen chromosomal protein MC1 is a polypeptide of 93 amino acid residues ( M r 10757) which represents the major protein associated with the DNA of the archaebacterium Methanosarcina barkeri and can protect DNA against thermal denaturation. The conformation of protein MC1 has been investigated by means of predictive methods, infrared spectroscopy, circular dichroism and tryptophan fluorescence studies. Protein MC1 has a low amount of α-helix but contains antiparallel β-sheet strands. The larger hydrophobic cluster which contains tryptophan at position 61 appears buried in the protein. Addition of salts induces the unfolding of the protein and makes the tryptophan indole ring more rigid. With respect to its primary structure and its conformation, protein MC1 appears radically different from the chromosomal DNA-binding protein II (also called HU-type protein) in eubacteria.
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