Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9890954 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2005 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
The conformational changes accompanying thermal denaturation under neutral, acidic and reducing conditions of Cajanus cajan proteinase inhibitor were investigated using near- and far-ultraviolet circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The protein inhibitor shows a reversible N ↔ D transition at neutral pH with a Tm approximately equal to 63 °C. The negative CD band intensities at 200 nm (far-UV) and near about 280 nm (near-UV) decrease as a result of thermal stress. The effect is more pronounced at low pH and in the presence of dithiothreitol. Only partial reversibility is observed under acidic conditions. Significant changes in the near- as well as far-ultraviolet CD spectrum are observed in the presence of dithiothreitol suggestive of the importance of disulfide linkages in maintaining the structure of C. cajan proteinase inhibitor.
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