The activity and conformational change of human placental cystatin (HPC), a low molecular weight thiol proteinase inhibitor (12,500) has been investigated in presence of guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl) and urea. The denaturation of HPC was followed by activity measurements, fluorescence spectroscopy and Circular Dichroism (CD) studies. Increasing the denaturant concentration significantly enhanced the inactivation and unfolding of HPC. The enzyme was 50% inactivated at 1.5 M GdnHCl or 3 M urea. Up to 1.5 M GdnHCl concentration there was quenching of fluorescence intensity compared to native form however at 2 M concentration intensity increased and emission maxima had 5 nm red shift with complete unfolding in 4–6 M range. The mid point of transition was in the region of 1.5–2 M. In case of urea denaturation, the fluorescence intensity increased gradually with increase in the concentration of denaturant. The protein unfolded completely in 6–8 M concentration of urea with a mid-point of transition at 3 M. CD spectroscopy shows that the ellipticity of HPC has increased compared to that of native up to 1.5 M GdnHCl and then there is gradual decrease in ellipticity from 2 to 5 M concentration. At 6 M GdnHCl the protein had random coil conformation. For urea the ellipticity decreases with increase in concentration showing a sigmoidal shaped transition curve with little change up to 1 M urea. The protein greatly loses its structure at 6 M urea and at 8 M it is a random coil. The urea induced denaturation follows two-state rule in which Native→Denatured state transition occurs in a single step whereas in case of GdnHCl, intermediates or non-native states are observed at lower concentrations of denaturant. These intermediate states are possibly due to stabilizing properties of guanidine cation (Gdn+) at lower concentrations, whereas at higher concentrations it acts as a classical denaturant.
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Abbreviations
- GdnHC1:
-
Guanidine Hydrochloride
- HPC:
-
Human Placental Cystatin
- CD:
-
Circular Dichroism
- Gdn+:
-
Guanidine cation
- (SDS):
-
Sodium dodecyl sulphate
- D 1/2 value:
-
Concentration of denaturant at which protein is half denaturated and mid point of transition is reached
- EDTA:
-
Ethylene diamine tetraacetate
- NaCl:
-
Sodium Chloride
- PAGE:
-
Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
- NMR:
-
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
- Na+:
-
Sodium cation
- Cl−:
-
Chloride anion
- N→D:
-
Native to Denatured transition
- RNase:
-
Ribonuclease
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Rashid, F., Sharma, S. & Bano, B. Comparison of Guanidine Hydrochloride (GdnHCl) and Urea Denaturation on Inactivation and Unfolding of Human Placental Cystatin (HPC). Protein J 24, 283–292 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10930-005-6749-5
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