Thermal unfolding and aggregation of human complement protein C9: a differential scanning calorimetry study.
Thermal unfolding and aggregation of human complement protein C9: a differential scanning calorimetry study.
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人补体蛋白 C9 的热解折叠和聚集:差示扫描量热研究。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00240a035
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发表时间:
1991
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Esser,AF
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作者:
Lohner,K;Esser,AF
Materials and MethodsProteins. Human C9 was isolated either from outdated plasma or from Cohn fraction III paste as described by Esser and Sodetz (1988). SDS-PAGE analysis of Coomassie Blue stained protein or autoradiography of radioiodinated protein indicated that the isolated protein was better than 99% pure and no proteolytic fragments could be detected. Calcium-free C9 (apo-C9) was prepared as described previously (Thielens et al., 1988) or simply produced by addition of 1 mM EDTA to the same buffer. Nicked C9 (C9n) was prepared by pro-teolysis with-thrombin (Dankert et al., 1985). All samples were dialyzed overnight at 4 C into the indicated buffer, and the final dialysis buffer was used in reference measurements to provide base-line thermograms. The pH of all buffers was adjusted at room temperature. Before the calorimetric mea-surements, the protein solutions were routinely centrifuged in a Beckman Airfuge to remove any aggregates that may have formed during dialysis or storage. The final C9 concentration of C9, usually about 1 mg/mL, was determined spectropho-tometrically by using an extinction coefficient of 9.6 mg/(mL* cm) at 280 nm (Esser & Sodetz, 1988). Differential Scanning Calorimetry. A Microcal MC-2D instrument (MicroCal Inc., Amherst, MA) was used for calorimetric measurements at a heating rate of 60 C/h unless otherwise indicated. The cells were pressurized with N2 to 1.5 atm to preventbubbling on heating, and the instrument was thermally equilibrated at 4 C forabout 1 h before the scan was started. The calorimeter was interfaced to an IBM-AT computer using a 12-bit analog/digital conversion board (Data Translation DT-2801) for automatic data collection. The DA-1 software package provided by the manufacturer was used for data acquisition and analysis. Briefly, after sub-straction of the stored buffer base line, the raw data (milli-calories per minute) were normalized to excess heat capacity curves (kilocalories perdegrees kelvin per mole) by dividing each datapoint by the scan rate and by the number of moles of C9 in the calorimeter cell and then digitally filtered to remove short-term noise without distortion of the peak shape. These thermograms were then used for further simulation analyses. The software provides four different subroutines to simulate the experimental data:(1) assumes all transitions are independent two-state transitionswith AHvli= AHal·,(2) assumes independent non-two-state transitions, with HvH not being equal to Ha]·,(3) assumes sequential two-state transitions as discussed by Freire and Biltonen (1978);(4) assumes an independent two-state transition with a ACp.
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DOI:
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发表时间:
1978
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影响因子:
--
作者:
K. Krishnan;J. Brandts
通讯作者:
J. Brandts
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(17)43495-8
发表时间:
1984
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
J. Tschopp;A. Engel;E. Podack
通讯作者:
E. Podack
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Jørgen Tranum;S. Bhakdi;B. Bhakdi;Ole J. Bjerrum;V. Speth
通讯作者:
V. Speth
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(19)57427-0
发表时间:
1988-01
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
--
作者:
R. Discipio;D. Chakravarti;H. J. MULLER-EBERHARD;G. Fey
通讯作者:
R. Discipio;D. Chakravarti;H. J. MULLER-EBERHARD;G. Fey
DOI:
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发表时间:
1982
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
Ishida,B;Wisnieski,BJ;Lavine,CH;Esser,AF
通讯作者:
Esser,AF