Denaturation study of bovine serum albumin induced by guanidine chloride or urea by microcalorimetry

• 来源期刊: 中国高等学校学术文摘·化学
• 关键词: bovine serum albumin isothermal mieroca-lorimetry guanidine chloride urea denaturation
• 年，卷（期）: 2009,（1）
• 页码范围: 39-43
• 页数: 5页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11458-009-0009-8

摘要

The denaturation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) induced by guanidine chloride or urea at different pH values was studied by isothermal microcalorimetry measurements at 30～C. The simple bonding model, which was developed by Privalov, was employed to obtain the apparent bonding constant K, the apparent singular bon-ding Gibbs bonding energy AG and the total Gibbs energy AG(a) between the protein and denaturant, from analysis of the calorimetric data. Furthermore, linear extrapolation at the midpoint of transition was employed to determine the apparent denaturation enthalpy △Hd. The results sho-wed that for guanidine chloride, the bonding between BSA and guanidine chloride could proceed more easily in an alkaline condition, and the apparent denaturation enthalpy AHd of BSA due to guanidine chloride was 350 kJ.mol-1 at pH 6.97 and 7.05, while it was 275 kJ.mol-1 at pH 9.30,which indicated that BSA was more stabilized in a neu-tral condition. However, for urea, the bonding between BSA and urea could proceed more easily in an acidic condition, and the apparent denaturation enthalpy AHd of BSA due to urea was 295 kJ.mol-1 at pH 6.97, while it was 230 kJ. mol-1 at pH 7.05 and 9.30. The results indicate that the degree of expansion of BSA in the two denaturants is different.