title: Spectroscopic and molecular docking studies on the interaction between N-acetyl cysteine and bovine serum albumin.
abstract: The interaction between N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by UV-vis, fluorescence spectroscopy, and molecular docking methods. Fluorescence study at three different temperatures indicated that the fluorescence intensity of BSA was reduced upon the addition of NAC by the static quenching mechanism. Binding constant (K(b)) and the number of binding sites (n) were determined. The binding constant for the interaction of NAC and BSA was in the order of 10(3) M(-1), and the number of binding sites was obtained to be equal to 1. Enthalpy (ΔH), entropy (ΔS), and Gibb's free energy (ΔG) as thermodynamic values were also achieved by van't Hoff equation. Hydrogen bonding and van der Waals force were the major intermolecular forces in the interaction process and it was spontaneous. Finally, the binding mode and the binding sites were clarified using molecular docking which were in good agreement with the results of spectroscopy experiments.
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.|Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jahanban-Esfahlan
authors.affiliation: Drug Applied Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Vahid
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panahi-Azar
authors.affiliation: Drug Applied Research Centre, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Sanaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sajedi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D003545:Cysteine / Q000737:chemistry*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D003545:Cysteine
keywords: N-acetyl cysteine; bovine serum albumin; fluorescence; interaction; molecular docking; protein; spectroscopy