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The kinetics of denaturation and aggregation of rabbit muscle glycogen phosphorylase b in the presence of guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) have been studied. The curve of inactivation of phosphorylase b in time includes a region of the fast decline in the enzymatic activity,an intermediate plateau,and a part with subsequent decrease in the enzymatic activity. The fact that the shape of the inactivation curves is dependent on the enzyme concentration testifies to the dissociative mechanism of inactivation. The dissociation of phosphorylase b dimers into monomers in the presence of GuHCl is supported by sedimentation data. The rate of phosphorylase b aggregation in the presence of GuHCl rises as the denaturant concentration increases to 1.12 M; at higher concentration of GuHCl, suppression of aggregation occurs. At rather low concentration of the protein (0.25 mg/ml), the terminal phase of aggregation follows the kinetics of a monomolecular reaction (the reaction rate constant is equal to 0.082 min–1;1 M GuHCl, 25°C). At higher concentration of phosphorylase b (0.75 mg/ml), aggregation proceeds as a trimolecular reaction.
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Eronina, T.B., Chebotareva, N.A., Livanova, N.B. et al. Kinetics of Denaturation of Rabbit Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Phosphorylase b by Guanidine Hydrochloride. Biochemistry (Moscow) 66, 449–455 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010261731843
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