title: Effect of oxidative sulfitolysis of disulfide bonds of bovine serum albumin on its structural properties: a physiochemical study.
abstract: The effect of S-S bond cleavage of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on some of its structural properties, including solubility, viscosity, and conformation, were investigated. Cleavage of S-S bonds decreased the solubility of serum albumin and also shifted its isoelectric point to lower pH values. S-S bond cleavage resulted in changes in shape and hydrodynamic volume of the protein, increasing the specific viscosity, with cleavage of up to 14 S-S bonds, followed by a decrease with further cleavage. Both UV difference and fluorescence spectral measurements indicated that conformational flexibility increases with S-S bond cleavage. Secondary structure estimations by far UV-CD suggested a gradual decrease in alpha-helical content of the protein with progressive cleavage of its S-S bonds. However, fully S-S bond cleaved protein maintained some alpha-helical structure. Sulfitolysis of the protein also decreased its 1,8-anilino-naphthalene sulfonate-binding ability.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.
authors.forename: N K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Kella
authors.forename: Y J
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kinsella
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004220:Disulfides / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000378:metabolism*; D012995:Solubility; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D004220:Disulfides; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine