Detection of Polypeptide Conformational Transitions
in Solution via Sound Velocity
Posted on 2020-06-30 - 11:39
One
of the most important polypeptide functions is the ability
to undergo reversible coil-to-helix transitions. When dispersed in
UV-opaque solvents or formulated with components that render the suspension
turbid, it can be challenging to follow these conformational transformations.
Under such conditions, circular dichroism and even optical rotation
may fail. NMR is expensive and easily confounded when magnetic components
are present. The possibility of using sound velocity measurements
on a simple and widely available instrument is explored. The polymer
chosen for the test, poly(ε-carbobenzyloxy-l-lysine),
PCBL, has long been known to exhibit an inverse coil-to-helix transition
at ∼27 °C when dispersed in optically clear but UV-opaque m-cresol solutions. In this PCBL/m-cresol
system, studies can be performed without polyelectrolyte complexities,
which include strong intra- and intermolecular Coulombic interactions,
effects of hydrogen ion and salt concentration on the environment,
and even changes in dielectric constant as agents are titrated into
the solution. Sound velocity proves effective at sensing the helix–coil
transition, and it reports the same concentration and molecular weight
trends observed by optical rotation.
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Blake, Alyssa
M.; Parkinson, Graham D. B.; Russo, Paul S. (2020). Detection of Polypeptide Conformational Transitions
in Solution via Sound Velocity. ACS Publications. Collection. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c00709
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Alyssa
M. Blake
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Graham D. B. Parkinson
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Paul S. Russo
KEYWORDS
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