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Default Electrostatic interactions in the acid denaturation of alpha-lactalbumin determined b
Electrostatic interactions in the acid denaturation of alpha-lactalbumin determined by NMR.

Related Articles Electrostatic interactions in the acid denaturation of alpha-lactalbumin determined by NMR.

Protein Sci. 1998 Sep;7(9):1930-8

Authors: Kim S, Baum J

alpha-Lactalbumin (alpha-LA) undergoes a pH-dependent unfolding from the native state to a partially unfolded state (the molten globule state). To understand the role of electrostatic interactions in protein denaturation, NMR and CD pH titration experiments are performed on guinea pig alpha-LA. Variation of pH over the range of 7.0 to 2.0 simultaneously leads to the acid denaturation of the protein and the titration of individual ionizable groups. The pH titrations are interpreted in the context of these coupled events, and indicate that acid denaturation in alpha-LA is a cooperative event that is triggered by the protonation of two ionizable residues. Our NMR results suggest that the critical electrostatic interactions that contribute to the denaturation of alpha-LA are concentrated in the calcium binding region of the protein.

PMID: 9761473 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



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