Journal
CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 340, Issue 1-3, Pages 59-68Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2007.07.027
Keywords
human serum albumin; intermediate state; hydration; circular dichroism; solvent quality
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In the present paper, we analyze the effect of ethanol in the structure conformation of human serum albumin (HSA) by far- and near circular dichroism, UV-Vis spectroscopy and density and ultrasound velocity measurements. Both circular dichroism and absorbance data show changes in both tertiary and secondary structures at ethanol concentrations below 30% (v/v), which can be indicative of the presence of an equilibrium intermediate state. At higher ethanol concentrations in the mixed solvent (>30% (v/v)), a change from a rich-alpha-helix to a beta-sheet and unordered secondary structure is observed. Moreover, it seems that certain protein aggregation starts to occur. From ethanol concentrations higher than 55% (v/v), a certain redissolution of these aggregates takes place, which seems to be accompanied by an increase in alpha-helix content. Trends found by volume and compressibility determinations seem to be in accordance. Both volume and compressibility increase with alcohol concentration up to 50% (v/v) but in two well-defined steps indicating a different nature of these two changes, the first of them with a variation close to that shown by a molten globule intermediate state. Moreover, at ethanol concentrations higher than 55% (v/v), a decrease in both quantities occurs confirming the breakdown of protein aggregates. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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