T4 Lysozyme experiment



Three different novel disulfide bonds have been introduced in to T4 lysozyme(Matsumura 1989), which has no disulfides in its native form. This three novel disulfide bonds increase Tm at low pH, and combinations of these crosslinks are nearly additive in their ability to increase Tm, although the tendency of these crosslinks to increase resistance to denaturation at neutral pH or under low temperature denaturing conditions is diminished.





Mutation TypeMelting Temperature Increase
Cys3-Cys97 4.8 DEG
Cys9-Cys164 6.4 DEG
Cys21-Cys142 11.0 DEG


Disulfide bond formation between 21 and 142

Disulfide bond formation between 3 and 97

Disulfide bond formation between 9 and 164