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Sun Y, Oseliero Filho PL, Song Y, Wang Z, Ji H, Oliveira CLP. The role of hydrophobic interactions in the molten globule state of globular protein modulated by surfactants. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2023; 230:113490. [PMID: 37556880 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 06/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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In order to highlight the role of hydrophobic interactions in the molten globule (MG) state of globular protein modulated by surfactants, the interactions of bovine α-lactalbumin (α-LA) with alkyl trimethylammonium bromides (CnTAB, n = 10, 12, 14, and 16) have been studied by experimental and theoretical techniques. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) showed that the enthalpy changes (ΔH) and area of the enthalpogram increased with increasing the chain length of CnTAB. The result of fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrum suggested that C10TAB and C12TAB unfolded α-LA partially, C14TAB reconstructed protein with a native-like secondary structure content, and C16TAB induced an MG state α-LA. The SAXS results confirmed that the tertiary structure of α-LA was disrupted by C16TAB forming an MG state complex with a micelle-like structure even at the surfactants concentrations below CMC. As indicated by MD results, the β-domain and unstructured region(s) were involved in the MG state α-LA modulated by CnTAB. This work not only provides molecular insights into the role of hydrophobic interactions in the MG state of a globular protein but also helps understand the mechanism of preparing α-LA based biomacromolecule modulated by hydrophobic interactions.
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- Yang Sun
- College of Vocational and Technical Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China.
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- College of Vocational and Technical Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- College of Vocational and Technical Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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- College of Vocational and Technical Education, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming, Yunnan, China
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Huda N, Hossain M, Bhuyan AK. Complete observation of all structural, conformational, and fibrillation transitions of monomeric globular proteins at submicellar sodium dodecyl sulfate concentrations. Biopolymers 2019; 110:e23255. [PMID: 30633322 DOI: 10.1002/bip.23255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Although considerable information is available regarding protein-sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) interactions, it is still unclear as to how much SDS is needed to denature proteins. The role of protein charge and micellar surfactant concentration on amyloid fibrillation is also unclear. This study reports on equilibrium measurements of SDS interaction with six model proteins and analyzes the results to obtain a general understanding of conformational breakdown, reorganization and restructuring of secondary structure, and entry into the amyloid fibrillar state. Significantly, all of these responses are entirely resolved at much lower than the critical micellar concentration (CMC) of SDS. Electrostatic interaction of the dodecyl sulfate anion (DS- ) with positive surface potential on the protein can completely unfold both secondary and tertiary structures, which is followed by protein chain restructuration to α-helices. All SDS-denatured proteins contain more α-helices than the corresponding native state. SDS interaction stochastically drives proteins to the aggregated fibrillar state.
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- Noorul Huda
- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
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α-Lactalbumin and sodium dodecyl sulfate aggregates: Denaturation, complex formation and time stability. Food Hydrocoll 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2016.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Strazdaite S, Meister K, Bakker HJ. Orientation of polar molecules near charged protein interfaces. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:7414-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp06372h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We study the orientation of water and urea molecules and protein amide vibrations at aqueous α-lactalbumin and α-lactalbumin/urea interfaces using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation.
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- Simona Strazdaite
- FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics AMOLF
- Amsterdam 1098 XG
- The Netherlands
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- FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics AMOLF
- Amsterdam 1098 XG
- The Netherlands
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- FOM-Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics AMOLF
- Amsterdam 1098 XG
- The Netherlands
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Moriyama Y, Kondo N, Takeda K. Secondary structural changes of homologous proteins, lysozyme and α-lactalbumin, in thermal denaturation up to 130 °C and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) effects on these changes: comparison of thermal stabilities of SDS-induced helical structures in these proteins. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:16268-16273. [PMID: 23110666 DOI: 10.1021/la3035598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The thermal stability of two homologous proteins, lysozyme and α-lactalbumin, was examined by circular dichroism. The present study clearly showed two different aspects between the homologous proteins: (1) the original helices of lysozyme and α-lactalbumin were unchanged at heat treatments up to 60 and 40 °C, respectively, indicating a higher thermal stability of lysozyme, and (2) upon cooling to 25 °C, the original helices of lysozyme were never reformed after they were once disrupted, while those of α-lactalbumin, disrupted at a particular temperature range between 40 and 60 °C, were completely reformed. In addition, the structural changes were also examined in the coexistence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), which induced the formation of helical structures in these proteins at 25 °C. A distinct difference appeared in the thermal stabilities of the SDS-induced helices. All of the SDS-induced helices of lysozyme were disrupted below 60 °C, while those of α-lactalbumin at 10 mM SDS were unchanged up to 130 °C. A similarity was also fixed. Not only the SDS-induced helices but also the original helices of the two proteins were reformed upon cooling to 25 °C after the thermal denaturation below 100 °C in the coexistence of 10 mM SDS.
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- Yoshiko Moriyama
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Okayama University of Science, Okayama 700-0005, Japan
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Franklin JM, Surampudi LN, Ashbaugh HS, Pozzo DC. Numerical validation of IFT in the analysis of protein-surfactant complexes with SAXS and SANS. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:12593-600. [PMID: 22861495 DOI: 10.1021/la3028379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The use of the indirect Fourier transform methods for evaluating structural parameters directly in real space with small-angle scattering measurements is validated for the analysis of protein-surfactant complexes. An efficient Monte Carlo approach rapidly generates in silico structures based on a realistic pearl-necklace model for denatured proteins decorated with surfactant micelles. Corresponding scattering profiles are calculated and averaged over a large number of possible configurations for each structure. IFT algorithms are then used to calculate the corresponding pair-distance distribution function, and structural information is extracted directly without model fitting. The extracted parameters are compared and correlated with the known structure of the simulated complexes to assess the quality of the information that can be reliably obtained from these systems. The average extension, nearest-neighbor micelle distance, and average number of associated micelles are all accurately extracted through IFT calculations. Improved and simple approaches to reliably extract the average extension of the complex and the total number of associated micelles are presented.
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- J Matthew Franklin
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48825, United States
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Malmendal A, Underhaug J, Otzen DE, Nielsen NC. Fast mapping of global protein folding states by multivariate NMR: a GPS for proteins. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10262. [PMID: 20421996 PMCID: PMC2858079 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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To obtain insight into the functions of proteins and their specific roles, it is important to establish efficient procedures for exploring the states that encapsulate their conformational space. Global Protein folding State mapping by multivariate NMR (GPS NMR) is a powerful high-throughput method that provides such an overview. GPS NMR exploits the unique ability of NMR to simultaneously record signals from individual hydrogen atoms in complex macromolecular systems and of multivariate analysis to describe spectral variations from these by a few variables for establishment of, and positioning in, protein-folding state maps. The method is fast, sensitive, and robust, and it works without isotope-labelling. The unique capabilities of GPS NMR to identify different folding states and to compare different unfolding processes are demonstrated by mapping of the equilibrium folding space of bovine α-lactalbumin in the presence of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, and compare these with other surfactants, acid, denaturants and heat.
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- Anders Malmendal
- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- * E-mail: (AM); (NCN)
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center and Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Insoluble Protein Structures, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center and Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- * E-mail: (AM); (NCN)
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Kim JY, Dungan SR. alpha-lactalbumin-AOT charge interactions tune phase structures in isooctane/brine mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:7918-7926. [PMID: 19594179 DOI: 10.1021/la900572z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Self-assembly of the anionic surfactant AOT with the protein alpha-lactalbumin in isooctane/brine mixtures results in phase structures whose type, size, and shape differ considerably from those formed by the surfactant alone. Small-angle X-ray scattering was used to determine the size and shape of these structures for 5.4 < pH < 11.2 and 0.25, 0.33, and 0.4 wt % NaCl. All pH values were above the reported isoelectric point for the protein. The composition of the system (except for salt) was fixed, with 2.5 wt % surfactant in equivolume mixtures of oil and water and either 0 or 0.4 wt % protein. Under these conditions, AOT in the absence of protein always formed spherical, water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsion droplets in the organic phase with no self-assembly in the aqueous phase. In the presence of alpha-lactalbumin, self-assembled structures were formed in both aqueous and organic phases, and the size and shape of these was tuned by both pH and [NaCl]. Protein-surfactant interaction was weakest at the most alkaline pH, with protein-free, spherical droplets forming in the organic phase and surfactant-decorated soluble protein clusters forming in the aqueous phase. As pH was decreased, protein increasingly partitioned to the organic phase and droplets became ellipsoidal and much larger in volume, with these effects enhanced at lower salt concentration. Aqueous structures were also strongly affected by pH, shifting from prolate protein/surfactant aggregates at alkaline pH to oil-in-water, oblate microemulsion droplets at neutral pH. At acidic pH and higher salt concentration, self-assembly shifted toward a third, anisotropic aqueous phase, which contained discoid bilayer structures. It is proposed that hydrophobic attraction causes association of the protein with the surfactant monolayer, and pH and [salt] tune the system via the protein by modifying electrostatic repulsion and monolayer curvature.
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- Jun Y Kim
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Hansen JH, Petersen SV, Andersen KK, Enghild JJ, Damhus T, Otzen D. Stable intermediates determine proteins' primary unfolding sites in the presence of surfactants. Biopolymers 2009; 91:221-31. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.21125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Otzen DE, Sehgal P, Westh P. α-Lactalbumin is unfolded by all classes of surfactants but by different mechanisms. J Colloid Interface Sci 2009; 329:273-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Halskau O, Underhaug J, Frøystein NA, Martínez A. Conformational flexibility of alpha-lactalbumin related to its membrane binding capacity. J Mol Biol 2005; 349:1072-86. [PMID: 15913646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2005] [Revised: 04/04/2005] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Different folding states of the small, globular milk protein bovine alpha-lactalbumin (BLA) induced by the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulphate (SDS) have been examined by fluorescence spectroscopy, CD and NMR. The solution structure of the protein in the absence of SDS was also determined, indicating fluidity even under native conditions. BLA is partly denatured to a molten globule (MG)-like state by micromolar concentrations of SDS, and the transitions from native to MG-like state are dependent on pH, the protein being more sensitive to the surfactant at pH 6.5. As indicated by measurements of the intrinsic emission fluorescence, the tertiary structure disappears at lower concentrations of SDS than most of the secondary structure, as estimated from CD data. The MG-like state induced by low concentrations of SDS is not observable by NMR, and is probably fluctuating and/or aggregating. At higher concentrations of SDS above the critic concentration of micelles, an NMR-observable state reappears. This micelle-associated conformer was partially assigned, and found to bear strong resemblance to the acid-tri-fluoroethanol state, retaining weakened versions of the A and C helix of native BLA. We discuss the results in terms of the inherent flexibility of the protein, and its ability to form multiple folding states and to bind to membranes. Also, we propose that proteins with stable MG-like conformers can have these states stabilized by low levels of compounds with surfactant properties in vivo.
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- Oyvind Halskau
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Jonas Lies vei 91, 5009 Bergen, Norway
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Shimek JW, Rohloff CM, Goldberg J, Dungan SR. Effect of alpha-lactalbumin on the phase behavior of AOT-brine-isooctane mixtures: role of charge interactions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:5931-9. [PMID: 15952844 DOI: 10.1021/la047464l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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We have found that both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions are involved in the ability of the protein alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-LA) to affect the self-assembly of the anionic surfactant sodium bis(ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT, 3.5 wt %) in equivolume mixtures of organic and aqueous solutions. The composition and size of AOT phase structures that form in the presence of 0.35 wt % protein were evaluated as a function of pH and ionic strength. In the absence of protein, AOT forms water-in-oil microemulsion droplets for all pH and salt concentrations studied here. The presence of the protein in the water-in-oil microemulsion phase boosts water solubilization and droplet size, as the spontaneous curvature of the surfactant interface becomes less negative. Aggregates of protein, surfactant, and oil also form in the water-continuous phase. The size and composition of structures in both phases can be tuned in the presence of protein by varying the pH and ionic strength. alpha-LA induces the appearance of an anisotropic surfactant phase at pH <5.8. At intermediate salt concentrations, a third isotropic, viscous aqueous phase appears that contains 55-60% of the protein, 10-14% of the surfactant, and significant amounts of oil. Circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy indicate that the protein contains enhanced alpha-helical secondary structure when self-assembling with surfactant, and has a loosened tertiary structure. The protein does not interact with the surfactant as an unfolded random coil. Although the conformation of alpha-LA in aqueous salt solutions is known to depend on pH, when self-assembling with AOT the protein adopts a structure whose features are quite pH insensitive, and likely reflect an intrinsic interaction with the interface.
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- Justin W Shimek
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Rafikova ER, Panyukov YV, Arutyunyan AM, Yaguzhinsky LS, Drachev VA, Dobrov EN. Low sodium dodecyl sulfate concentrations inhibit tobacco mosaic virus coat protein amorphous aggregation and change the protein stability. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2004; 69:1372-8. [PMID: 15627393 DOI: 10.1007/s10541-005-0083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Effects of low SDS concentrations on amorphous aggregation of tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) coat protein (CP) at 52 degrees C and on the protein structure were studied. It was found that SDS completely inhibits the TMV CP (11.5 microM) unordered aggregation at the detergent/CP molar ratio of 15 : 1 (0.005% SDS). As judged by fluorescence spectroscopy, these SDS concentrations did not prevent heating-induced disordering of the large-distance part of the TMV CP subunit, including the so-called "hydrophobic girdle". At somewhat higher SDS/protein ratio (40 : 1) the detergent completely disrupted the TMV CP hydrophobic girdle structure even at room temperature. At the same time, these low SDS concentrations (15 : 1, 40 : 1) strongly stabilized the structure of the small-distance part of the TMV CP molecule (the four alpha-helix bundle) against thermal disordering as judged by the far-UV (200-250 nm) CD spectra. Possible mechanisms of TMV CP heating-induced unordered aggregation initiation are discussed.
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- E R Rafikova
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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SDS-induced conformational transitions of ervatamin B: evidence of greater stability of α-rich domain compared to β-rich domain of the SDS derived state. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-7765(03)00160-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rohloff CM, Shimek JW, Dungan SR. Effect of added α-lactalbumin protein on the phase behavior of AOT–brine–isooctane systems. J Colloid Interface Sci 2003; 261:514-23. [PMID: 16256563 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9797(03)00079-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2002] [Accepted: 01/14/2003] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We have found that the presence of <1 wt% of the globular protein alpha-lactalbumin has a significant impact on the equilibrium phase behavior of dilute sodium bis(ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT)/brine/isooctane systems. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), Karl Fischer titration, and ultraviolet spectroscopy were used to determine the surfactant, oil, water, and protein content of the organic and aqueous phases as a function of the total surfactant and protein present. As a small amount of alpha-lactalbumin is added to the mixture, there is a substantial increase (up to 80%) in the maximum water solubility in the water-in-oil microemulsion phase. Dynamic light scattering measurements indicate that this increase is due to a decrease in the magnitude of the (negative) spontaneous curvature of the surfactant monolayer, as droplets swell in size. As the molar ratio of alpha-lactalbumin to AOT surpasses approximately 1:300, the partitioning of water, protein, and surfactant shifts to the excess aqueous phase, where soluble assemblies with positive curvature are detected by dynamic light scattering. Significant amounts of isooctane are solubilized in these aggregates, consistent with the formation of oil-in-water microemulsion droplets. Circular dichroism studies showed that the tertiary structure of the protein in the microemulsion is disrupted while the secondary structure is increased. In light of these findings, the protein most likely expands to a molten-globule type conformation in the AOT interfacial environment, but does not substantially unfold to become an extended chain.
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- Catherine M Rohloff
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Dong M, Ladavière L, Penin F, Deléage G, Baggetto LG. Secondary structure of P-glycoprotein investigated by circular dichroism and amino acid sequence analysis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1371:317-34. [PMID: 9630701 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(98)00032-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is a plasma membrane protein known as an ATP-dependent drug-efflux pump that confers multidrug resistance to tumor cells. Structural analysis of Pgp was investigated by circular dichroism (CD) for the first time and in combination with amino acid sequence analysis. CD of highly purified Pgp from human, rat and murine Pgp-overexpressing drug resistant cells revealed slight variations in the spectral shape when recorded in the presence of dodecyl maltoside (DM). These species-dependent variations in CD shapes resulted from the interaction of the oligosaccharidic part with the protein core since they were abolished either in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) or after deglycosylation, the latter not altering the Pgp ATP-dependent drug transport activity. Whatever the level of Pgp glycosylation and the detergent used (SDS or DM), the content in secondary structure deduced from deconvolution of CD spectra is almost the same for the three sources of Pgp and estimated to 43% alpha-helix, 16% beta-sheet, 15% beta-turn and 26% of other structures. These data, which constitute the first report of Pgp structure analysis by circular dichroism, are consistent with the 48% alpha-helix and 16% beta-sheets global contents predicted by using recently reported efficient secondary structure prediction methods. This consistency reinforces the reliability of the probable nature and localization of predicted Pgp secondary structure elements. This provides a good framework for precise 3D structure modeling of Pgp by homology with proteins of known 3D structure, as it is illustrated here for the A motifs of the ATP-binding domains of Pgp.
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- M Dong
- Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, UPR 412 CNRS, 7 Passage du Vercors F-69367, Lyon Cedex 07, France
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Forgács E, Csethati T. Charge-transfer chromatographic study of the interaction of antibiotics with sodium dodecylsulfate. J Pharm Biomed Anal 1997; 15:1295-302. [PMID: 9226556 DOI: 10.1016/s0731-7085(96)01973-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The interaction of 29 antibiotics with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) was studied by charge-transfer reversed-phase chromatography carried out on impregnated silica layers using water-methanol mixtures as eluents. The hydrophobicity of antibiotics and the relative strength of SDS-antibiotic interaction was calculated separately for each antibiotic-SDS pair. SDS interacted with 17 antibiotics where the antibiotic-SDS complex was either more hydrophilic or more hydrophobic than the uncomplexed molecule. The relative strength of interaction depended considerably on the molecular structure of the antibiotics. No significant linear correlation was found between the hydrophobicity parameters of antibiotics and their capacity to interact with SDS. Stepwise regression analysis proved that the inductive effect of substituents, their electron-withdrawing power and proton-acceptor capacity exert a significance influence on the strength of interaction.
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- E Forgács
- Central Research Institute for Chemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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Couthon F, Clottes E, Angrand M, Roux B, Vial C. Denaturation of MM-creatine kinase by sodium dodecyl sulfate. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1996; 15:527-37. [PMID: 8895099 DOI: 10.1007/bf01908534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The denaturation of dimeric cytoplasmic MM-creatine kinase by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) has been investigated using activity measurements, far-ultraviolet circular dichroism, SEC-HPLC, electric birefringence, intrinsic probes (cysteine and tryptophan residues), and an extrinsic fluorescent probe (ANS). Our results show that inactivation is the first detectable event; the inactivation curve midpoint is located around 0.9 mM SDS. The second event is dissociation and it occurs in parallel to tertiary and secondary perturbations, as demonstrated by the coincidence (near 1.3 mM) of the midpoints of the transition curves monitoring dissociation and structural changes. At high total SDS concentration (concentration higher than 2.5 mM), the monomer had bound 170 mol of SDS per mol of protein. In these conditions, electric birefringence experiments suggest that the SDS-CK complex may be described as a prolate ellipsoid with an axial ratio of 1.27 (14 nm x 11 nm). These results are compatible with recent models of SDS-protein complexes: the "protein decorated micelle structure" or the "necklace structure".
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- F Couthon
- Biomembranes et enzymes associés, URA 1535 CNRS, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Villeurbanne, France
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Takeda K, Ogawa K, Ohara M, Hamada S, Moriyama Y. Conformational changes of alpha-lactalbumin induced by the stepwise reduction of its disulfide bridges: the effect of the disulfide bridges on the structural stability of the protein in sodium dodecyl sulfate solution. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1995; 14:679-84. [PMID: 8747428 DOI: 10.1007/bf01886906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Four disulfide bridges of bovine alpha-lactalbumin (alpha-lact) were selectively reduced to obtain its derivatives with three, two, and zero disulfide bridges (designated as 3SS, 2SS, and 0SS alpha-lact, respectively). The original helicity was almost maintained in 3SS alpha-lact missing only the Cys6-Cys120 bridge. Upon the reduction of both Cys28-Cys111 and Cys6-Cys120 bridges, various changes occurred in the protein. In particular, the maximum fluorescence of 1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonic acid was observed in this stage. Upon the reduction of all disulfide bridges, the hydrophobic box of the protein, formed by Trp60, Ile95, Tyr103, and Trp104, was disrupted and an internal helical structure was destroyed. The conformation of each derivative was examined mainly in a solution of sodium dodecyl sulfate. In the surfactant solution, the helicity increased from 33% to 37% in 3SS alpha-lact, from 26% to 31% in 2SS alpha-lact, and from 18% to 37% in 0SS alpha-lact, as against from 34% to 44% in intact alpha-lact. On the other hand, the tryptophan fluorescence of each derivative was affected in very low surfactant concentrations, suggesting that the tertiary structure considerably changed prior to the secondary structural change in the surfactant solution.
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- K Takeda
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Okayama University of Science, Japan
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Hamada S, Moriyama Y, Yamaguchi K, Takeda K. Conformational stability of alpha-lactalbumin missing a peptide bond between Asp66 and Pro67. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1994; 13:423-8. [PMID: 7986345 DOI: 10.1007/bf01901698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The peptide bond between Asp66-Pro67 of alpha-lactalbumin was cleaved with formic acid (cleaved alpha-lactalbumin). Secondary structural changes of the cleaved alpha-lactalbumin, in which the two separated polypeptides were joined by disulfide bridges, were examined in solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), urea, and guanidine hydrochloride. The structural changes of the cleaved alpha-lactalbumin were compared with those of the intact protein. The relative proportions of secondary structures were determined by curve fitting of the circular dichroism. The cleaved alpha-lactalbumin contained 29% alpha-helical structure as against 34% for the intact protein. Some helices of the cleaved alpha-lactalbumin which had been disrupted by the cleavage appeared to be reformed upon the addition of SDS of very low concentration (0.5 mM). In the SDS solution, the helicities of both the intact and cleaved proteins increased, attaining 44% at 4 mM SDS. On the other hand, the helical structures of the cleaved alpha-lactalbumin began to be disrupted at low concentrations of guanidine hydrochloride and urea compared with that of the intact protein. However, no difference was observed in the thermal denaturations of the intact and cleaved proteins, except for the difference in the original helicities. The helicities of both proteins decreased with an increase of temperature up to 65 degrees C and recovered upon cooling.
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- S Hamada
- Department of Applied Chemistry, Okayama University of Science, Japan
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