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The statistical thermodynamic model of protein structure proposed in paper I is developed with special attention to the hydrophobic interaction. Calorimetric measurements of the thermal denaturation of five globular proteins, ribonuclease A, lysozyme, alpha-chymotrypsin, cytochrome c, and myoglobin, are quantitatively analyzed using the model. The thermodynamic parameters obtained by the least squares method reflect the global, average properties of proteins and are in good agreement with the expected values estimated from experimental and theoretical studies for model peptides. The average bond energy epsilon is well related to the tertiary structure of each protein. However, the difference in the parameters between different proteins is not observed for the cooperative energy ZJ and the chain entropy alpha. The individuality of a protein as far as its structural stability is concerned, is mainly reflected by the parameter gamma specifying the hydrophobic nature of a protein. The model is further applied in the analysis of several aspects of the structural stability of globular proteins. Denaturation induced by denaturants, salts, and pH are also explained by the model in a unified manner.
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