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PLOS ONE
卷 7, 期 11, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050380
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- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi
- University of Delhi
- University Grants Commission
Background: In this case study, we analysed the properties of unfolded states and pathways leading to complete denaturation of a multimeric chick pea beta-galactosidase (CpGAL), as obtained from treatment with guanidium hydrochloride, urea, elevated temperature and extreme pH. Methodology/Principal Findings: CpGAL, a heterodimeric protein with native molecular mass of 85 kDa, belongs to alpha+beta class of protein. The conformational stability and thermodynamic parameters of CpGAL unfolding in different states were estimated and interpreted using circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopic measurements. The enzyme was found to be structurally and functionally stable in the entire pH range and upto 50 degrees C temperature. Further increase in temperature induces unfolding followed by aggregation. Chemical induced denaturation was found to be cooperative and transitions were irreversible, non-coincidental and sigmoidal. Free energy of protein unfolding (Delta G(0)) and unfolding constant (K-obs) were also calculated for chemically denatured CpGAL. Significance: The protein seems to use different pathways for unfolding in different environments and is a classical example of how the environment dictates the path a protein might take to fold while its amino acid sequence only defines its final three-dimensional conformation. The knowledge accumulated could be of immense biotechnological significance as well.
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