Abstract
Proteins’ thermal stabilization is a significant problem in various biomedical, biotechnological, and technological applications. We investigated thermal stability of hen egg white lysozyme in aqueous solutions of the following stabilizing osmolytes: Glycine (GLY), N-methylglycine (NMG), N,N-dimethylglycine (DMG), N,N,N-trimethylglycine (TMG), and trimethyl-N-oxide (TMAO). Results of CD-UV spectroscopic investigation were compared with FTIR hydration studies’ results. Selected osmolytes increased lysozyme’s thermal stability in the following order: Gly>NMG>TMAO≈DMG>TMG. Theoretical calculations (DFT) showed clearly that osmolytes’ amino group protons and water molecules interacting with them played a distinctive role in protein thermal stabilization. The results brought us a step closer to the exact mechanism of protein stabilization by osmolytes.
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Acta Biochimica Polonica
no. 63,
pages 65 - 70,
ISSN: 0001-527X - Language:
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- 2016
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- Bruździak P., Panuszko A., Jourdan M., Stangret J.: Protein thermal stabilization in aqueous solutions of osmolytes// Acta Biochimica Polonica. -Vol. 63, iss. 1 (2016), s.65-70
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.18388/abp.2014_950
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