... association constant of SNase( 1–1 26)bound to pdTp in the presence of Ca2+is approxi-mately threefold lower than that of the wild-type pro-tein. Therefore, some or all of the residues in the 12 7– 149 ... secondarystructure only random coil. We can therefore postulatethat, when the segment beyond W140 was removed, the secondary structure of the protein disintegrated. Using the peak at 222 nm of ... maintenance of the nativeconformation of the protein. In addition, Griko andcoworkers [19], studying SNase( 1–1 36), showed thatthis fragment (residues 1–1 36) has no secondary struc-ture but retains the...