Title
Surface Behavior of BSA/Water/Carbohydrate Systems from Molecular Polarizability Measurements
Date Issued
19 April 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Alvarado Y.
Ferrebuz A.
Rodríguez-Lugo P.
Restrepo J.
Romero F.
Fernández-Acuña J.
Williams Y.
Toro-Mendoza J.
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
Publisher(s)
American Chemical Society
Abstract
The effect of the presence of glucose and sucrose on the nonintrinsic contribution to partial molar volume «Θ»ni of bovine serum albumin (BSA) is determined by means of static and dynamic electronic polarizability measurements. For that aim, a combined strategy based on high-resolution refractometry, high exactitude densitometry, and synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy is applied. Both static and dynamic mean electronic molecular polarizability values are found to be sensitive to the presence of glucose. In the case of sucrose, the polarizability of BSA is not appreciably affected. In fact, our results revealed that the electronic changes observed occurred without a modification of the native conformation of BSA. On the contrary, a nonmonotonous behavior with the concentration is observed in presence of glucose. These results advocate the influence of the electronic polarization on the repulsive and attractive protein-carbohydrate interactions. An analysis using the scaled particle theory indicates that the accumulation of glucose on the protein surface promotes dehydration. Inversely, hydration and preferential exclusion occur in the vicinity of the protein surface for sucrose-enriched systems.
Start page
4231
End page
4238
Volume
122
Issue
15
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85045646219
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
ISSN of the container
15206106
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank the financial support from Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion (FONACIT, Mision Ciencia (grant 2007000881)) and the convenio inter-institucional IVIC-LUZ-INZIT. Thanks are given to Yiseli Gonzalez for her useful help in the preparation of the manuscript.
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