
AbstractProtein design advancements have led to biotechnological strategies based on more stable and more specific structures. Herein we present a 6‐residue sequence (HPATGK) that acts as a stable structure‐nucleating turn at physiological and higher pH but is notably unfavorable for chain direction reversal at low pH. When placed into the turn of a β‐sheet, this leads to a pH switch of folding. Using a standard 3‐stranded β‐sheet model, the WW domain, it was found that the pH switch sequence insertion caused minimal change at pH 8 but a ca. 50 °C drop in the melting temperature (Tm) was observed at pH 2.5: ΔΔGF ≥11.3 kJ mol−1. Using the strategies demonstrated in this article, the redesign of β‐sheets to contain a global, or local, pH‐dependent conformational switch should be possible.
Protein Folding, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Circular Dichroism, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Temperature, Proteins, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, WW Domains, Thermodynamics, Protein Conformation, beta-Strand, Amino Acid Sequence
Protein Folding, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Circular Dichroism, Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Temperature, Proteins, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, WW Domains, Thermodynamics, Protein Conformation, beta-Strand, Amino Acid Sequence
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