DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC STUDIES ON BOVINE SERUM-ALBUMIN .1. EFFECTS OF PH AND IONIC-STRENGTH
DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRIC STUDIES ON BOVINE SERUM-ALBUMIN .1. EFFECTS OF PH AND IONIC-STRENGTH
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DOI:
10.1016/0141-8130(90)90007-w
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发表时间:
1990-08-01
影响因子:
8.2
通讯作者:
AOKI, K
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作者:
YAMASAKI, M;YANO, H;AOKI, K
Using defatted and SH-blocked bovine serum albumin (BSA), the measurement of differential scanning calorimetry (d.s.c.) was performed in the range pH 3-11 and ionic strength 0.001-1 M. The shape of the d.s.c. curve was classified into four regimes: (i) the curve with no peak, (ii) that with a peak, (iii) that with a peak having a shoulder, and (iv) that with two peaks. The presence of two peaks was interpreted by the concept of ''heat-induced transition''. The BSA molecule is composed of two domains, thermodynamically independent owing to the formation of a crevice in BSA in a particular range of pH and ionic strength; this gives two peaks in the d.s.c. curve. The enthalpy (.DELTA.H) from the d.s.c. curve was plotted against pH and against the NaCl concentration. The value of .DELTA.H increased with the increase in the ionic strength in the pH range 5.6-9.0. The temperature of thermal denaturation (the temperature of the peak maximum, Td) was raised with the increase in the ionic strength in the pH range 4.5-9.0, but was lowered in the pH range 3.5-4.0. BSA was stabilized in the neutral-alkaline pH range by the presence of NaCl, but was destabilized in the acidic pH range.