BARC/PUB/2017/0609

 
 

Study on interactions of cationic gemini surfactants with folded and unfolded bovine serum albumin: Effect of spacer group of surfactants

 
     
 
Author(s)

Sonu; Halder, S.; Kumari, S.; Aggrawal, R.; Aswal, V. K.; Saha, S. K.
(SSPD)

Source

Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2017. Vol. 243: pp. 369-379

ABSTRACT

Interactions of three cationic gemini surfactants, 12-4-12, 2Br 12-8-12, 2Br and 12-4(OH)-12, 2Br with natured and denatured protein, bovine serumalbumin (BSA) have been studied by means of UV–Visible absorption, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence, and circular dichromism (CD) spectroscopy. CD spectroscopic study shows the change in the α-helix and β-strand content of protein with the concentration of gemini surfactants. Gemini surfactantwith hydroxyl group in the spacer decreases the α-helix of the BSA more efficiently than that without hydroxyl group in the spacer. Efficiency to decrease the α-helix of the protein increases with decreasing the hydrophobicity of the spacer group of the surfactants at lower concentration range following the order, 12-8-12, 2Br < 12-4-12, 2Br < 12-4(OH)-12, 2Br. However, at higher concentration range of surfactant, the increasing order of providing hydrophobic environment to tryptophan (Trp) and tyrosine (Tyr) residues of the protein is as follows: 12-4(OH)-12 < 12-4-12 b 12-8-12. Gemini surfactant with hydrophobic spacer group provides more hydrophobic environment around Trp and Typ residues of the protein forming micelles like structures along the protein chain. In this concentration range, 12-8-12, 2Br interacts differently as compared to other two surfactants which are evidenced by the data on excited state lifetime of the protein. It is more efficient to form a particular conformer and/or puckerd ring of Trp as compared to other two surfactants. The microenvironment around Trp residues of BSA is perturbed to a greater extent than that around Tyr residues in presence of gemini surfactants. Fluorescence fromTrp and Tyr are quenched by acrylamide to a greater extent in presence of 12-8-12, 2Br. Interactions of denatured BSAwith gemini surfactants also have been studied. 12-8-12, 2Br even interacts with the BSA unfolded by guanidine hydrochloride (GdHCl) to a greater extent than that by 12-4-12, 2Br and 12-4(OH)-12, 2Br.

 
 
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