Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectra of the Unfolding of Ribonuclease A in Guanidinium Chloride

The unfolding of proteins during denaturation by guanidine or urea has been extensively studied. However, the methods hitherto employed usually provide only a limited amount of information on gross changes of such molecular properties as shape, size, or the exposure of buried aromatic residues. CD studies are hampered by high absorption of the denaturants commonly employed in the far ultraviolet region. Recent development in Fourier transformed