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Pyrene excimer fluorescence of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase: A sensitive probe to investigate ligand binding and unfolding pathway of the enzyme

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Title Pyrene excimer fluorescence of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase: A sensitive probe to investigate ligand binding and unfolding pathway of the enzyme
 
Creator SANTRA, MK
DASGUPTA, D
PANDA, D
 
Subject horse liver
functional-properties
ternary complex
active-sites
resolution
inhibition
proximity
stability
mechanism
tubulin
 
Description The cysteine residues of yeast alcohol dehydrogenase (YADH) were covalently modified by N-(1-pyrenyl) maleimide (PM). A maximum of 3.4 cysteines per YADH monomer could be modified by PM. The secondary structure of PM-YADH was found to be similar to that of the native YADH using far-UV circular dichroism. The covalent modification of YADH by PM inhibited the enzymatic activity indicating that the active site of the enzyme was altered. PM-YADH displayed maximum excimer fluorescence at an incorporation ratio of 2.6 mol of PM per monomeric subunit of YADH. Nucleotide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) divalent zinc and ethanol reduced the excimer fluorescence of PM-YADH indicating that these agents induce conformational changes in the enzyme. Guanidinium hydrochloride (GdnHCl)-induced unfolding of YADH was analyzed using tryptophan fluorescence, pyrene excimer fluorescence and enzymatic activity. The unfolding of YADH was found to occur in a stepwise manner. The loss of enzymatic activity preceded the global unfolding of the protein. Further, changes in tryptophan fluorescence with increasing GdnHCl suggested that YADH was completely unfolded by 2.5 M GdnHCl. Interestingly, residual structures of YADH were detected even in the presence of 5 M GdnHCl using the excimer fluorescence of PM-YADH.
 
Publisher AMER SOC PHOTOBIOLOGY
 
Date 2011-07-17T06:59:37Z
2011-12-26T12:50:10Z
2011-12-27T05:36:13Z
2011-07-17T06:59:37Z
2011-12-26T12:50:10Z
2011-12-27T05:36:13Z
2006
 
Type Article
 
Identifier PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY, 82(2), 480-486
0031-8655
http://dx.doi.org/10.1562/2005-09-26-RA-698
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/4647
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/4647
 
Language en