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BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 203, 期 -, 页码 41-50出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.05.002
关键词
Protein stability; Conformational change; Ligand exchange; Alkaline state; Thermal denaturation
资金
- Slovak Grant Agency VEGA [1/0521/12, 2/0062/14]
- CELIM - 7FP EU (REGPOT) [316310]
- Slovak Research and Development Agency [APVV-0280-11]
Thermal denaturation of ferricytochrome c (cyt c) has been methodically studied by absorbance, fluorescence, circular dichroism spectroscopy, viscosimetry and differential scanning calorimetry in pH range from pH 3.5 to 7.5. Thermal transitions have been monitored by intrinsic local probes of heme region such as absorbance at Soret, 620 nm and 695 nm bands and circular dichroism signals at 417 nm. Global conformational changes were analyzed by circular dichroism signal at 222 nm, fluorescence of the single tryptophan, reduced viscosity and differential scanning calorimetry. We show that cyt c thermal denaturation above pH similar to 5 can be described by an apparent two-step transition in which the heme iron stays in a low-spin state. The thermal denaturations of cyt c below pH similar to 5 proceed in one step to an unfolded highly compact form with a high-spin state of the heme iron. Cyt c conformational plasticity is discussed in regard to its physiological functions. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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