Hofmeister versus Neuberg: is ATP really a biological hydrotrope?

Mehringer, Johannes and Do, Tuan-Minh and Touraud, Didier and Hohenschutz, Max and Khoshsima, Ali and Horinek, Dominik and Kunz, Werner (2021) Hofmeister versus Neuberg: is ATP really a biological hydrotrope? CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE, 2 (2): 100343. ISSN 2666-3864

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Abstract

Recently, an interesting effect of ATP on proteins has been reported: ATP can hinder the thermal aggregation of proteins, and it can prevent fibrillation of intrinsically disorder proteins. Consequently, ATP was considered to act "as a biological hydrotrope." In this paper, we demonstrate that the interactions leading to the two aforementioned phenomena are quite different from the traditionally referred hydrotropy. In the case of the increase of aggregation prevention, we show that the relevant effect is a specific ion effect of a strongly hydrated and highly charged anion in the Hofmeister series. In the case of fibrillation suppression, the most important mechanism is the interaction of adenosine with the delocalized pi-systems of amino acid residues in the protein. In regard to classical solubilization power of ATP for organic molecules, we find that ATP does not act as a classical hydrotrope, because it strongly decreases the solubility of hydrophobes.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: THERMAL-DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; AGGREGATION; SOLUBILIZATION; BINDING; SERIES; FORCE; COAGULATION; PARAMETERS; WATER
Subjects: 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences
Divisions: Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry VI - Physical Chemistry (Solution Chemistry) > Prof. Dr. Werner Kunz
Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie > Chair of Chemistry VI - Physical Chemistry (Solution Chemistry) > Prof. Dr. Dominik Horinek
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2022 10:25
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 10:25
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/46568

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