The effect of Berberine on the secondary structure of human serum albumin

2005 ◽  
Vol 743 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 79-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Li ◽  
WenYing He ◽  
Jianniao Tian ◽  
Jianghong Tang ◽  
Zhide Hu ◽  
...  
Biomolecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usoltsev ◽  
Sitnikova ◽  
Kajava ◽  
Uspenskaya

Human serum albumin (HSA) is the most abundant protein in blood plasma. HSA is involved in the transport of hormones, fatty acids, and some other compounds, maintenance of blood pH, osmotic pressure, and many other functions. Although this protein is well studied, data about its conformational changes upon different denaturation factors are fragmentary and sometimes contradictory. This is especially true for FTIR spectroscopy data interpretation. Here, the effect of various denaturing agents on the structural state of HSA by using FTIR spectroscopy in the aqueous solutions was systematically studied. Our data suggest that the second derivative deconvolution method provides the most consistent interpretation of the obtained IR spectra. The secondary structure changes of HSA were studied depending on the concentration of the denaturing agent during acid, alkaline, and thermal denaturation. In general, the denaturation of HSA in different conditions is accompanied by a decrease in α-helical conformation and an increase in random coil conformation and the intermolecular β-strands. Meantime, some variation in the conformational changes depending on the type of the denaturation agent were also observed. The increase of β-structural conformation suggests that HSA may form amyloid-like aggregates upon the denaturation.


1992 ◽  
Vol 85 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 39-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoko Ohta ◽  
Toshihisa Yotsuyanagi ◽  
Danni Chen ◽  
Rikako Ono ◽  
Shigekazu Ito ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Staničová ◽  
K. Želonková ◽  
V. Verebová ◽  
B. Holečková ◽  
J. Dianovský

Abstract The interactions between the fungicide tebuconazole and human serum albumin were investigated using fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopies. The experimental results showed that the fluorescence quenching of the protein by the tebuconazole molecule was a result of the formation of a ligand-protein complex with a binding constant of 8.51×103 l.mol−1 and the number of binding sites in the macromolecule was close to 1. These findings demonstrated the fact that although the binding affinity of tebuconazole to the protein may be slight, it was very similar to other triazole fungicides. In addition, tebuconazole stabilized the α-helical secondary structure of the human serum albumin due to the increase of the α-content in the protein macromolecule.


1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 1657-1670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ladislav Morávek ◽  
Mohamed Ali Saber ◽  
Bedřich Meloun

Human serum albumin was nitrated by an excess of tetranitromethane at pH 8.0. As shown by amino acid analysis, of the 18 tyrosine residues present in albumin about 7-7.5 residues remain unaltered, 9 residues are converted into 3-nitrotyrosine, and 1.2 residue into 3,5-dinitrotyrosine. The nitrated albumin was digested with cyanogen bromide to three fragments which comprise the whole original molecule. The individual fragments were converted into their S-sulfo derivatives and the latter digested with chymotrypsin or stepwise with trypsin and thermolysin. The yellow, nitrotyrosine-containing peptides were isolated from the digest and the positions of nitrated tyrosine residues in albumin thus located. Residues No 30, 148, 150, 161, 334, 341, 401, and 411 were identified as strongly nitrated and residues No 84, 138, 452, and 497 as medium nitrated. Residues No 140, 263, 319, 332, 353, and 367 either react weakly or were not found in nitrated form. Residue No 411 and partly also 161 were converted into 3,5-dinitrotyrosine. The accessibility of the individual tyrosine residues to the nitrating agent is discussed with respect to their positions in disulfide loops and hypothetic parts of the secondary structure of albumin.


2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (5) ◽  
pp. 1911-1917
Author(s):  
Proletina Kardaleva ◽  
Maya Guncheva ◽  
Svetla Todinova ◽  
Ivan Angelov ◽  
Paula Ossowicz ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
V. V. Poboinev ◽  
V. V. Khrustalev ◽  
A. N. Stojarov ◽  
T. A. Khrustaleva

In this article we analyze the bilirubin binding sites of human serum albumin from the point of view of the secondary structure instability, as well as the effect of amino acid substitutions caused by radiation exposure on the ability of albumin to bind bilirubin-IX-alpha. Based on calculations of binding energy and inhibition constants of bilirubin-albumin complexes before and after the amino acid substitutions, it was found that amino acid substitutions have different effects on the ability of human serum albumin to bind bilirubin. Amino acid substitutions Asp269-Gly269 (Nagasaki-1), Glu354-Lys354 (Hiroshima-1), Asp375-Asn375 (Nagasaki-2) reduce the binding free energy of bilirubin with human serum albumin, and the amino acid substitutions His3-Gln3 (Nagasaki-3) and Glu382-Lys382 (Hiroshima-2) increase it during molecular docking with the corresponding areas of the protein surface. The inhibition constants are significantly higher than with known binding sites. In general, mutations caused by radiation exposure cannot effect on bilirubin binding sites of human serum albumin, since the amino acid residues that are replaced do not interact with the amino acid residues from the binding sites (Leu115, Arg117, Phe134, Tyr138, Ile142, Phe149, Phe157, Tyr161, Arg186, Lys190, Lys240, Arg222). All amino acid residues from known binding sites are located in stable elements of the secondary structure of human serum albumin.The data obtained are important for understanding the impact of radiation exposure on the development of bilirubin encephalopathy in the population of the Chernobyl region and Japan.


2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fakhrossadat Mohammadi ◽  
Abdol-Khalegh Bordbar ◽  
Khosro Mohammadi ◽  
Adeleh Divsalar ◽  
Ali Akbar Saboury

The interactions of bisdemethoxycurcumin (BDMC) as a bioactive constituent of turmeric and diacetylbisdemethoxycurcumin (DABC) as a novel synthetic derivative of curcumin with human serum albumin (HSA) have been investigated by fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The binding parameters, including the number of substantive binding sites and the binding constants, have been estimated from the analysis of fluorescence measurements. The estimated binding parameters indicated that BDMC has higher affinity than DABC to bind HSA, suggesting the essential role of the phenolic OH groups of BDMC, which are acetylated in DABC. It was found that the binding site for BDMC and DABC is located in the vicinity of Trp-214 in subdomain IIA, which is the same as binding site for curcumin (CUR). The minor changes on the far-UV circular dichroism spectra resulted in partial changes in the calculated secondary structure contents of HSA. The negligible alteration in the secondary structure of HSA indicated that ligand-induced conformational changes are localized in the binding site and do not involve considerable changes in the protein folding. The visible CD spectra indicated that the optical activity observed during the ligand binding is due to induced-protein chirality.


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