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SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
卷 258, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2021.119712
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Proteins; Protein-misfolding; Raman spectroscopy; Raman optical activity; Deconvolution; Bovine serum albumin; Lysozyme; Raman spectroscopic techniques; Amide bonds
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- Department of Science & Technology, Defence Research & Development Organization, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- J. C. Bose fellowship from DST
Proteins, responsible for various biological processes, must maintain correct folding to avoid diseases. Raman spectroscopy techniques, including ROA, provide insights into protein structure and conformational changes, helping differentiate between proteins and understand subtle changes in their conformation. Techniques and data analyses advancements in Raman spectroscopic studies of proteins continue to be explored for a deeper understanding of protein structures.
Proteins are large, complex molecules responsible for various biological processes. However, protein misfolding may lead to various life-threatening diseases. Therefore, it is vital to understand the shape and structure of proteins. Despite numerous techniques, a mechanistic understanding of the protein folding process is still unclear. Therefore, new techniques are continually being explored. In the present article, we have discussed the importance of Raman spectroscopy, Raman Optical Activity (ROA) and various other advancements in Raman spectroscopy to understand protein structure and conformational changes based on the review of our earlier work and recent literature. A Raman spectrum of a protein provides unique signatures for various secondary structures like helices, beta-sheets, turns, random structures, etc., and various amino acid residues such as tyrosine, tryptophan, and phenylalanine. We have shown how Raman spectra can differentiate between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and lysozyme protein based on their difference in sequence and structure (primary, secondary and tertiary). Although it is challenging to elucidate the structure of a protein using a Raman spectrum alone, Raman spectra can be used to differentiate small changes in conformations of proteins such as BSA during melting. Various new advancements in technique and data analyses in Raman spectroscopic studies of proteins have been discussed. The last part of the review focuses on the importance of the ROA spectrum to understand additional features about proteins. The ROA spectrum is rich in information about the protein backbone due to its rigidity compared to its side chains. Furthermore, the ROA spectra of lysozyme and BSA have been pre-sented to show how ROA provides extra information about the solvent properties of proteins. (c) 2021 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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