Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12951-015-0134-0
Keywords
Bilirubin oxidase; Graphene oxide; Glycosylation; Structural protein dynamic; Thermostability
Funding
- Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (NSF Cooperative Agreement) [1002410]
- NASA-URC Grant [NNX10AQ17A]
- NIH Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) program grant [2R25GM061151-13]
- NASA [126632, NNX10AQ17A] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
- Office of Integrative Activities
- Office Of The Director [1002410] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Background: This study provides fundamental information on the influence of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and glycans on protein catalytic activity, dynamics, and thermal stability. We provide evidence of protein stabilization by glycans and how this strategy could be implemented when GO nanosheets is used as protein immobilization matrix. A series of bioconjugates was constructed using two different strategies: adsorbing or covalently attaching native and glycosylated bilirubin oxidase (BOD) to GO. Results: Bioconjugate formation was followed by FT-IR, zeta-potential, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy measurements. Enzyme kinetic parameters (k(m) and k(cat)) revealed that the substrate binding affinity was not affected by glycosylation and immobilization on GO, but the rate of enzyme catalysis was reduced. Structural analysis by circular dichroism showed that glycosylation did not affect the tertiary or the secondary structure of BOD. However, GO produced slight changes in the secondary structure. To shed light into the biophysical consequence of protein glycosylation and protein immobilization on GO nanosheets, we studied structural protein dynamical changes by FT-IR H/D exchange and thermal inactivation. Conclusions: It was found that glycosylation caused a reduction in structural dynamics that resulted in an increase in thermostability and a decrease in the catalytic activity for both, glycoconjugate and immobilized enzyme. These results establish the usefulness of chemical glycosylation to modulate protein structural dynamics and stability to develop a more stable GO-protein matrix.
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