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A Novel method for Thermodynamic Study on the Binding of Milk Carrier protein of BLG-A with Cr+3 Cover

A Novel method for Thermodynamic Study on the Binding of Milk Carrier protein of BLG-A with Cr+3

Open Access
|Jan 2010

Abstract

Thermodynamics of the interaction between Cr3+ with β-lactoglobulin type A (BLG-A) was investigated at pH 7.0 and 37°C by isothermal titration calorimetry. A new method to follow the effect of Cr3+ on the stability of BLG-A was introduced. The new solvation model was used to reproduce the enthalpies of BLG-A+ Cr3+ interactions over the whole range of Cr3+ concentrations. The solvation parameters recovered from the new equation are attributed to the structural change of BLG-A and its biological activity. The results obtained indicate that there is a set of two identical binding sites for Cr3+ ions with positive cooperativity. The association equilibrium constants are 14.39 and 0.49 mM-1 for the first and second binding site, respectively. The enthalpy of binding for one mole of Cr+3 ion to one mole of the binding site on BLG-A (ΔH=104.60 kJ mol-1) is obtained.

Language: English
Page range: 24 - 29
Published on: Jan 8, 2010
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2010 G. Behbehania, A. Divsalar, A. Saboury, published by West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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