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Aqueous solutions of NMA, Na2HPO4 , and NaH2PO4 as models for interaction studies in phosphate–protein systems

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Phosphate buffers are essential for many areas of studies. However, their influence on buffered systems is often ignored. The phosphate salts can interact with biologically important macromolecules (e.g. proteins) and stabilize or destabilize them. With our research, we want to answer question what kind of interactions, if any, occur between phosphate ions and a protein backbone model — N-methylacetamide (NMA). ATR-FTIR spectroscopy in the amide I range and in the regions characteristic for PO vibrations provides information on direct and indirect (water-mediated) interactions. The analysis is supported by chemometric, DFT, and QTAIM calculations. Our results indicate that direct NMA–phosphate ion interactions are quite rare and indirect. Water molecules seem to play an important role in such systems. The model studies indicate that no preferential interactions between NMA and phosphate ions in solutions are formed, and may imply that such interactions are also unfavorable in protein-based systems.

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artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS no. 265, pages 361 - 371,
ISSN: 0167-7322
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English
Publication year:
2018
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Biernacki K., Kaczkowska E., Bruździak P.: Aqueous solutions of NMA, Na2HPO4 , and NaH2PO4 as models for interaction studies in phosphate–protein systems// JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR LIQUIDS. -Vol. 265, (2018), s.361-371
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Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.05.104
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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