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Oligomerization and conformational changes of proteins in solutions are advantageous for their structural and functional control. The advancement in biophysical characterization analyses, such as Size Exclusion Chromatography coupled with Multi-Angle Light Scattering (SEC-MALS) has shed lights in understanding the underlying mechanisms of actions for protein molecules. This chapter focuses on three types of protein analysis; SEC-MALS, native PAGE and continuous enzymatic assays of the bacterially expressed cofactor-independent phosphoglycerate mutase from Leishmania mexicana (Lm-iPGAM), which was shown to exist in different oligomeric and conformational states in solution. The outcome of this analyses has paved the way towards understanding the behavior of Lm-iPGAM in solution, which is important for further structural and functional studies.
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Fuad, F.A.A. (2018). Characterization of Conformational and Oligomeric States of Proteins. In: Amid, A., Sulaiman, S., Jimat, D., Azmin, N. (eds) Multifaceted Protocol in Biotechnology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2257-0_14
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