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Comparison of activity and conformational changes of ficin during denaturation by urea and guanidine hydrochloride
Devaraj, K. B. and Ramesh Kumar, Parigi and Prakash, V. (2011) Comparison of activity and conformational changes of ficin during denaturation by urea and guanidine hydrochloride. Process Biochemistry, 46. pp. 458-464.
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Abstract
The activity and conformational changes of ficin (EC 3.4.22.3), a cysteine protease from Ficus carica have been investigated during the denaturation by urea and guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl). The denaturation of ficin was followed by activity measurements, fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic studies. The enzyme activity decreased significantly at low concentration of both urea and GuHCl before unfolding of the enzyme molecule. The enzyme molecule was resistant for unfolding by urea under neutral conditions even at higher concentrations. However, the protein is susceptible to unfolding by urea at lower pH and transition follows a cooperative two-state rule with increasing concentration of urea. On the other hand, ficin molecule loses its complete structure in presence of 4M GuHCl under neutral conditions. The GuHCl-induced unfolding occurs in a simple two-state cooperative process. These results indicate the differential structural stability and fragility of active site of the enzyme towards denaturation by urea and GuHCl.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cysteine protease, Ficin, Guanidine hydrochloride Protein denaturation, Stability, Urea Unfolding |
| Subjects: | 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 04 Chemistry and Allied Sciences > 29 Protein Chemistry 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics > 10 Plants > 06 Trees And Shrubs 600 Technology > 08 Food technology > 16 Nutritive value > 05 Enzymes |
| Divisions: | Protein Chemistry and Technology |
| Depositing User: | Food Sci. & Technol. Information Services |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2011 05:51 |
| Last Modified: | 30 May 2019 06:51 |
| URI: | http://ir.cftri.res.in/id/eprint/10127 |
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