RELATIONSHIP OF STRUCTURE TO EFFECTIVENESS OF DENATURING AGENTS FOR PROTEINS
RELATIONSHIP OF STRUCTURE TO EFFECTIVENESS OF DENATURING AGENTS FOR PROTEINS
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DOI:
10.1021/bi00901a011
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
JENCKS, WP
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作者:
GORDON, JA;JENCKS, WP
The effect of a large number of compounds on the optical rotation of bovine serum albumin has been determined. The changes in optical rotation are interpreted as an indication of serum albumin denaturation. The effectiveness of the compounds examined shows no correlation with their expected hydrogen-bonding ability, as either hydrogen donors or acceptors, and thus provides no support for the hypothesis that their mechanism of action involves simple, monofunctional hydrogen bond formation with the protein. Bifunctional hydrogen bonding may explain their effectiveness, but it is necessary to postulate more than a single type of such bifunctional hydrogen bonding to explain the action of all active compounds. In the case of serum albumin, the observed effects are not due to an increase in the hydrophobic character of the solution, since there is either no correlation or a negative correlation with the hydrophobic character of the denaturing agents. More limited studies with ovalbumin, based on solubility as well as optical rotation measurements, confirm the conclusions reached with bovine serum albumin with respect to the role of hydrogen bonding in denaturation, but suggest that in the case of ovalbumin there is a significant contribution of the hydrophobic character of the compounds examined to their denaturing effectiveness.