Detailed circular dichroism(CD) and Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) studies have been carried out to monitor thermal unfolding of horseradish peroxidase isoenzyme C(HRP) inhibited by CN -(HRP CN). The results suggest...Detailed circular dichroism(CD) and Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) studies have been carried out to monitor thermal unfolding of horseradish peroxidase isoenzyme C(HRP) inhibited by CN -(HRP CN). The results suggest that HRP CN is quite different from native HRP with different spin states of Fe of heme and different coordinated states. Cyanide becomes the sixth ligand of Fe(Ⅲ) of heme and the hydrogen binding network is destroyed partly at the same time, which cause the drastic decrease of thermal stability of HRP. The FTIR and Soret CD spectra analysis demonstrate that during the heating process there is an intermediate state(I) which has both partly destroyed secondary and tertiary structures of native HRP, then it is the appearance of protein aggregation state(A) after fully unfolding. The unfolding pathway thus can be shown as follows: IIUA.展开更多
Chirality,the property that an object cannot coincide with its mirror image arising from lack of mirror symmetry,is ubiquitous in nature at various length scales.The physical and chemical properties are strongly relat...Chirality,the property that an object cannot coincide with its mirror image arising from lack of mirror symmetry,is ubiquitous in nature at various length scales.The physical and chemical properties are strongly related to the nature of chiral complexes,playing a significant role in various fields such as photonics,biochemistry,medicine and catalysis.In particular,the recent flexible design of chiral metal nanostructures offers one platform for deeply understanding the origin of chirality and one roadmap for the precise construction of chiral nanomaterials directed by the applications.Herein,we summarize the different geometries and classical synthetic approaches to chiral noble metal nanomaterials.Moreover,chiroptical properties and potential applications of chiral metal nanostructures are discussed as well.Finally,the opportunities and challenges toward the synthesis and application of chiral metal nanostructures are proposed.展开更多
The fluorogenic property of guaiacol was exploited for the first time to analyze the interaction with target protein as a probe by molecular modeling, fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) and Fourier transform infrar...The fluorogenic property of guaiacol was exploited for the first time to analyze the interaction with target protein as a probe by molecular modeling, fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Molecular docking was performed to reveal the possible binding mode or mechanism and suggested that guaiacol can strongly bind to human immu- noglobulin (HIgG). It is considered that guaiacol binds to HIgG mainly by a hydrophobic interaction and there are two hydrogen bond interactions between the drug and the residues LEU 80 and ASP 65, which is in good agreement with the results from the experimental thermodynamic parameters (the enthalpy change △H0 and the entropy change △S0 were calculated to be 65.55 kJ·mol-1 and 132.95 J·mol-1·K-1 according to the Vant’ Hoff equation). Data obtained by the fluorescence spectroscopy indicated that binding of guaiacol with HIgG leads to dramatic enhancement in the fluorescence emission intensity along with significant occurrence of efficient Frster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the residue of HIgG to the protein bound guaiacol. From the low value of fluorescence anisotropy (r = 0.06), it is argued that the probe molecule is located in the motionally unrestricted environment of the protein. The alterations of protein’s secondary structure in the presence of guaiacol in aqueous solution were quantitatively calculated by the evidences from FT-IR and CD spectroscopes.展开更多
文摘Detailed circular dichroism(CD) and Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) studies have been carried out to monitor thermal unfolding of horseradish peroxidase isoenzyme C(HRP) inhibited by CN -(HRP CN). The results suggest that HRP CN is quite different from native HRP with different spin states of Fe of heme and different coordinated states. Cyanide becomes the sixth ligand of Fe(Ⅲ) of heme and the hydrogen binding network is destroyed partly at the same time, which cause the drastic decrease of thermal stability of HRP. The FTIR and Soret CD spectra analysis demonstrate that during the heating process there is an intermediate state(I) which has both partly destroyed secondary and tertiary structures of native HRP, then it is the appearance of protein aggregation state(A) after fully unfolding. The unfolding pathway thus can be shown as follows: IIUA.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22071172,21902148,12205165,50835002 and 51105102)。
文摘Chirality,the property that an object cannot coincide with its mirror image arising from lack of mirror symmetry,is ubiquitous in nature at various length scales.The physical and chemical properties are strongly related to the nature of chiral complexes,playing a significant role in various fields such as photonics,biochemistry,medicine and catalysis.In particular,the recent flexible design of chiral metal nanostructures offers one platform for deeply understanding the origin of chirality and one roadmap for the precise construction of chiral nanomaterials directed by the applications.Herein,we summarize the different geometries and classical synthetic approaches to chiral noble metal nanomaterials.Moreover,chiroptical properties and potential applications of chiral metal nanostructures are discussed as well.Finally,the opportunities and challenges toward the synthesis and application of chiral metal nanostructures are proposed.
文摘The fluorogenic property of guaiacol was exploited for the first time to analyze the interaction with target protein as a probe by molecular modeling, fluorescence, circular dichroism (CD) and Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Molecular docking was performed to reveal the possible binding mode or mechanism and suggested that guaiacol can strongly bind to human immu- noglobulin (HIgG). It is considered that guaiacol binds to HIgG mainly by a hydrophobic interaction and there are two hydrogen bond interactions between the drug and the residues LEU 80 and ASP 65, which is in good agreement with the results from the experimental thermodynamic parameters (the enthalpy change △H0 and the entropy change △S0 were calculated to be 65.55 kJ·mol-1 and 132.95 J·mol-1·K-1 according to the Vant’ Hoff equation). Data obtained by the fluorescence spectroscopy indicated that binding of guaiacol with HIgG leads to dramatic enhancement in the fluorescence emission intensity along with significant occurrence of efficient Frster resonance energy transfer (FRET) from the residue of HIgG to the protein bound guaiacol. From the low value of fluorescence anisotropy (r = 0.06), it is argued that the probe molecule is located in the motionally unrestricted environment of the protein. The alterations of protein’s secondary structure in the presence of guaiacol in aqueous solution were quantitatively calculated by the evidences from FT-IR and CD spectroscopes.
