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- Title
Changes in physicochemical properties of proteins, caused by modification with alkylhydroxybenzenes.
- Authors
Nikolaev, Yu. A.; Loiko, N. G.; Stepanenko, I. Yu.; Shanenko, E. F.; Martirosova, E. I.; Plakunov, V. K.; Kozlova, A. N.; Borzenkov, I. A.; Korotina, O. A.; Rodin, D. S.; Krupyanskii, Yu. F.; El-Registan, G. I.
- Abstract
Kinetic characteristics of model enzymes and physicochemical properties of globular proteins modified by chemical analogues of low-molecular-weight microbial autoregulators (alkylhydroxybenzenes, AHBs) have been studied. C7 and C12 AHB homologues were used, differing in the length of the alkyl radical and the capacity for weak physicochemical interactions. Both homologues affected the degree of protein swelling, viscosity, and the degree of hydrophobicity. The effects depended on the structure of AHBs, their concentration, and pH of the solution, which likely reflects changes in the charge of the protein globule and its solvate cover. Variations of hydrophobicity indices of AHB-modified enzymes (trypsin and lysozyme) were coupled to changes in the catalytic activity. The values of K M, measured for the enzymes within both AHB complexes, did not change, whereas V max increased (in the case of C7 complexes) or decreased (C12 complexes). Possible molecular mechanisms of changes in the physicochemical and catalytic parameters of enzymatically active proteins, induced by modification with structurally distinct AHBs, are described, with emphasis on targeted regulation of functional activity.
- Subjects
PROTEIN analysis; CHEMICAL reactions; VISCOSITY; ENZYMOLOGY; BIOMOLECULES
- Publication
Applied Biochemistry & Microbiology, 2008, Vol 44, Issue 2, p143
- ISSN
0003-6838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S0003683808020038