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- Title
Studies of α- and β<sub>L</sub>-Crystallin Complex Formation in Solution at 60°C.
- Authors
Krivandin, A. V.; Muranov, K. O.; Ostrovsky, M. A.
- Abstract
Studies of molecular mechanisms of chaperone-like activity of α-crystallin became an active field of research over last years. However, fine interactions between α-crystallin and the damaged protein and their complex organization remain largely uncovered. Complexation between α- and βL-crystallins was studied during thermal denaturation of βL-crystallin at 60°C using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), light scattering, gel-permeation chromatography, and electrophoresis. A mixed solution of α- and βL-crystallins at concentrations about 10 mg/ml incubated at 60°C was found to contain their soluble complexes with a mean radius of gyration ∼14 nm, mean molecular mass ∼4 MDa and maximal size over 40 nm. In pure βL-crystallin solution, no complexes were observed at 60°C. In SAXS studies, transitions in the α-crystallin quaternary structure at 60°C were shown to occur and result in doubling of the molecular weight. This suggests that during the temperature-induced denaturation of βL-crystallin it binds with modified α-crystallin or, alternatively, βL-crystallin complexation and α-crystallin modifications are concurrent. Estimates of the α-βL-crystallin complex size and relative contents of α- and α-βL-crystallins in the complex suggest that several α-crystallin molecules are involved in complex formation.
- Subjects
PROTEINS; MOLECULAR weights; CHROMATOGRAPHIC analysis; X-ray scattering; ELECTROPHORESIS; BIOMOLECULES
- Publication
Molecular Biology, 2004, Vol 38, Issue 3, p447
- ISSN
0026-8933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:MBIL.0000032218.92543.f3