Equimolar Mixture of 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol and 4-Chloro-1-butanol is a Stronger Inducer of Molten Globule State: Isothermal Titration Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Studies |
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Authors: | Anu A Thoppil Nand Kishore |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400 076, India |
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Abstract: | A mixture of 4-chloro-1-butanol and 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol (TFE) has been used to generate Molten globule (MG) state of structurally
homologous but functionally different proteins bovine α-lactalbumin and hen egg-white lysozyme. The thermal denaturation was
done using UV–Visible spectroscopy. From UV–Visible profile, thermal transition was not observed beyond a particular concentration.
There was an indication of molten globule state in case of α-lactalbumin from circular dichroism experiments. By intrinsic
tryptophan fluorescence, acrylamide and potassium iodide quenching, 8-anilino-naphthalene sulfonic acid (ANS) binding and
energy transfer studies the presence of molten globule state was confirmed. Quantitative characterization of MG state and
determining the binding thermodynamics of ANS to the MG state was done using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry (ITC). Results
show that α-lactalbumin exists in MG state at a particular concentration but lysozyme does not show features of MG state. |
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Keywords: | Molten globule α -Lactalbumin Lysozyme Isothermal titration calorimetry Spectroscopy |
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