Abstract
We have quantitatively characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy the contents of secondary structure of β-lactoglobulin during thermal unfolding and subsequent refolding. Our data clearly indicate that considerable amount of secondary structure, particularly β-sheet, still remained intact even at 90°C. Noticeable changes in secondary structure of β-lactoglobulin were observed only above 70°C. The refolded protein regained, within limits of experimental error, all of the secondary structure lost during thermal unfolding. The data also indicate that the refolding mechanism operating at pH 7.0 and 2.0 are the same. Identical secondary structure of native and refolded β-lactoglobulin was also indicated by far-UV circular dichroic spectra of the two forms of protein. Near UV circular dichroic spectra of the same two forms showed considerable differences indicating less tertiary structure of refolded β-lactoglobulin. The combined CD and FT-IR data indicated that refolded form of β-lactoglobulin could be characterized as a molten globule state as it had native-like secondary structure and compromised tertiary structure.
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Abbreviations
- ANS:
-
8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulphonate
- β-lg:
-
β-lactoglobulin
- CD:
-
circular dichroism
- FT-IR:
-
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
- FSD:
-
Fourier self-deconvolution
- UV:
-
ultraviolet
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Bhattacharjee, C., Saha, S., Biswas, A. et al. Structural Changes of β-Lactoglobulin during Thermal Unfolding and Refolding – An FT-IR and Circular Dichroism Study. Protein J 24, 27–35 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-004-0603-z
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