Anion Binding to Hydrophobic Concavity Is Central to the Salting-in Effects of Hofmeister Chaotropes
- 27 April 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 133 (19), 7344-7347
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja202308n
Abstract
For over 120 years it has been appreciated that certain salts (kosmotropes) cause the precipitation of proteins, while others (chaotropes) increase their solubility. The cause of this “Hofmeister effect” is still unclear, especially with the original concept that kosmotropic anions “make” water structure and chaotropes “break” it being countered by recent studies suggesting otherwise. Here, we present the first direct evidence that chaotropic anions have an affinity for hydrophobic concavity and that it is competition between a convex hydrophobe and the anion for a binding site that leads to the apparent weakening of the hydrophobic effect by chaotropes. In combination, these results suggest that chaotropes primarily induce protein solubilization by direct binding to concavity in the molten globule state of a protein.Keywords
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