Table 2 Melting points of HU proteins from mesophilic and thermophilic organisms measured in various conditions.

From: Structural basis of the high thermal stability of the histone-like HU protein from the mollicute Spiroplasma melliferum KC3

 

Source organism[reference], (PDB code)

Tmelt*, °C

Experimental conditions

Protein concentration, mg/ml

Salt concentration, M

1

Spiroplasma melliferum KC3, (5CVX)

75.5, 92.2

4.5

0.2

 

84.8, 103.3

4.5

1.0

 

69.9, 81.0

1.0

0.2

2

E. coli14 HUα2 (2O97), HUβ2 (4P3V) Huαβ (NA)

40, 57; 26, 59; 41, 62

4.5

0.2

 

41, 50; 27, 56; 38, 53

1.0

0.2

 

59, 69; 50, 65; 60, 72

1.0

1.0

3

Bacillus stearothermophilus23, (1HUU)

65.8

0.2

0.05

4

Bacillus subtilis21, (NA)

46

1.7

0.1

 

61

1.9

0.5

 

32

0.1

no

 

55

0.1

0.5

5

Bacillus globigii21, (NA)

41

0.05

no

6

Bacillus caldolyticus21, (NA)

68

0.05

no

7

Thermotoga maritima26, (1B8Z)

77.5

1.2

0.05

8

Thermoplasma volcanium25, (NA)

57.1

1.6

0.1

 

54.8

0.6

0.1

  1. *Two values of Tm are given for proteins with two peaks in the melting curves. NA stands for not available.