title: Relationship between functional properties and structure of ovalbumin.
abstract: The effects of ovalbumin (OVA) denaturation using urea, guanidinium chloride (GdnHCl), sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC), 3-[(3-cholamidopropyl)dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS), and 5 different cationic detergents with various side chains, HCl, and CH3COOH were observed. Progressive unfolding in ovalbumin was measured as a function of fluorescent light intensity, peak response and shift in the maximum of emission. Kinetic measurements demonstrated that the rate of denaturation usually followed a double exponential decay pattern, but at small concentrations of urea and acids first-order reaction was indicated. The reversibility of the unfolding-folding transitions was confirmed from tryptophan fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) measurements. Differences in secondary structure were observed and changes of alpha-helical content were calculated. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) with and without sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS-PAGE) showed differences in the structure of native and denatured ovalbumin. Native protein samples in PAGE demonstrated smaller number and larger mobilities of subunits than denatured ones with different reductants, such as SDS and 2-mercaptoethanol (2 ME). Scanning of SDS protein patterns showed the appearance of aggregated forms in region of 45 kD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zemser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Katzhendler
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minsky
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gorinstein
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D019791:Guanidine; D006146:Guanidines; D007700:Kinetics; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology*; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014508:Urea
chemical_list: D006146:Guanidines; D014508:Urea; D010047:Ovalbumin; D019791:Guanidine