Elucidation of the denatured structure of protein in equilibrium with the native one under a physiological condition.

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We have studied partially ordered structures remaining in unstructured disulfide-deficient variants of lysozyme by means of NMR and H/D exchange methods. In this residual structure, two residues of I55 and L56 involved in the bottom of the α-sheet were located in a hydrophobic pocket formed with A, B and C-helices in the β-domain. Lysozyme folding appears to be initiated around this site. On the other hand, H/D exchange reactions were studied in the native state of pyrrolidone carboxyl peptidase(PCP). The native structure was found to be divided into two domains by structural changes near at the residue 70.