Molecular interaction of human serum albumin with paracetamol: Spectroscopic and molecular modeling studies

The interaction between paracetamol and human serum albumin (HSA) under physiological conditions has been investigated by fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) and docking. Fluorescence data revealed that the fluorescence quenching of HSA by paracetamol was the result of the formed complex of HSA-paracetamol, and the binding constant (K-a) and binding number obtained is 1.3 x 10(4) at 298 K and 2, respectively for the primary binding site. Circular dichorism spectra showed the induced conformational changes in HSA by the binding of paracetamol. Moreover, protein-ligand docking study indicated that paracetamols (two paracetamols bind to HSA) bind to residues located in the subdomain IIIA. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.