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Effect of Methanol and Glycerol on the Structure of Human Serum Albumin in Solution
Proceedings of the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division 2018 - Core Programming Area at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting (2018, Pittsburgh, PA)
  • P. P. Nakka
  • Daniel Forciniti, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Small angle scattering (SAS) is an important tool to study the structural properties and interactions of biological macromolecules. Numerous studies have been published about the effect of organic solvents on intramolecular protein interactions. However, little attention has been paid to the effect of organic solvents on both intra and inter molecular interactions in protein solutions. The solution behavior of major plasma proteins like human serum albumin (HSA) in the presence of methanol and glycerol was studied by small angle neutron scattering (SANS). Experiments covering a wide range of protein, salt, and cosolvent concentrations at 5, 25, and 45 °C were performed. UV and infrared spectra of selected samples were also obtained to monitor protein denaturation upon addition of the cosolvents. The radius of gyration (Rg), molecular weight and surface area were obtained by curve fitting the experimental data. The overall dimensions of HSA obtained in this work are consistent with previously reported data. Low resolution solution structures of the plasma proteins were obtained using ab initio shape reconstruction by ATSAS 2.8 package. Pairwise distribution function (P(r)) profiles were used to deduce the particle shape using GNOM. Theoretical scattering curves predicted from the models fits well with the experimental data. The models obtained closely resemble the shape of known high resolution crystallographic structures.

Meeting Name
Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division 2018 - Core Programming Area at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting (2018: Oct. 28-Nov. 2, Pittsburgh, PA)
Department(s)
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
  • Body fluids,
  • Curve fitting,
  • Distribution functions,
  • Glycerol,
  • Methanol,
  • Molecular structure,
  • Neutron scattering,
  • Organic solvents, Biological macromolecule,
  • Human serum albumins,
  • Intermolecular interactions,
  • Protein denaturation,
  • Protein interaction,
  • Shape reconstruction,
  • Small angle scattering,
  • Solution structures, Proteins
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-151087620-0
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
11-1-2018
Publication Date
01 Nov 2018
Disciplines
Citation Information
P. P. Nakka and Daniel Forciniti. "Effect of Methanol and Glycerol on the Structure of Human Serum Albumin in Solution" Proceedings of the Food, Pharmaceutical and Bioengineering Division 2018 - Core Programming Area at the 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting (2018, Pittsburgh, PA) Vol. 1 (2018) p. 277 - 285
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/daniel-forciniti/26/