Thermodynamic analysis of an antagonistic folding-unfolding equilibrium between two protein domains.

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A simple model is formulated for analyzing the coupled folding-unfolding equilibrium present in a unique class of molecular switch proteins. We previously fused two single-domain proteins, barnase and ubiquitin, such that the free energy stored in the folded structure of one subunit is used to drive unfolding of the other. Here, we present a thermodynamic test of that mechanism. The antagonistic interaction is...

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