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RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 277-284Publisher
MAIK NAUKA/INTERPERIODICA/SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1134/S1068162011020154
Keywords
serine protease inhibitor; tertiary and secondary structures; CD spectroscopy; intrinsic protein fluorescence
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- Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences [09-I-P-22-05, 09-III-V-05-152]
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The effect of temperature and pH of medium on the spatial organization of a molecule of the serine protease inhibitor InhVJ from the sea anemone Heteractis crispa (=Radianthus macrodactylus) at the level of the tertiary and secondary structures has been studied by CD spectroscopy. It has been shown that the conformation of an InhVJ molecule is highly stable to changes in temperature and pH. The point of the thermal conformational transition of the polypeptide (70 degrees C) has been determined, after which the molecule turns into a denatured stable state with the retention of 80% of the inhibitory activity. It was found that significant, partially reversible changes in the spatial organization of the molecule occur on the level of the tertiary structure in the pH range 11.0-13.0, which may be explained by the ionization of tyrosine residues. At a low pH value (2.0), the InhVJ molecule is conformationally stable. The results of quenching of tyrosine residues by acrylamide showed that two residues are completely accessible for the quencher, whereas the third residue is partially accessible.
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