thermal conformational changes in human serum albumin (hsa) in present with a 10 mm phosphate buffer, at ph=7 have been investigated via circular dichroism (cd) and uv spectroscopic methods. the results indicate that temperature in a range of 25oc to 55oc could induce a reversible conformational change in the structure of hsa. the hsa phase transition corresponds to the physiological and pathol...

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A computational technique is proposed for the study of electron density variations within a distribution of molecular conformations. These variations are defined in terms of the deviations of individual electron densities from the average density associated with the average of conformations within a conformational range of a molecule.

Pressure not only influences the yield in the synthesis of a two-station [2]rotaxane, it also determines the distribution of the co-conformational isomers. At high pressure cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) is preferentially assembled around a monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalene unit, while at low pressure it is preferentially assembled around a hydroquinone unit.

BACKGROUND Precise determination of conformational epitopes of neutralizing antibodies represents a key step in the rational design of novel vaccines. A powerful experimental method to gain insights on the physical chemical nature of conformational epitopes is the selection of linear peptides that bind with high affinities to a monoclonal antibody of interest by phage display technology. Howeve...

Direct experimental measurements of conformational ensembles are critical for understanding macromolecular function, but traditional biophysical methods do not directly report the solution ensemble of a macromolecule. Small-angle X-ray scattering interferometry has the potential to overcome this limitation by providing the instantaneous distance distribution between pairs of gold-nanocrystal pr...

Thermal conformational changes in human serum albumin (HSA) in present with a 10 mM phosphate buffer, at pH=7 have been investigated via circular dichroism (CD) and UV spectroscopic methods. The results indicate that temperature in a range of 25oC to 55oC could induce a reversible conformational change in the structure of HSA. The HSA phase transition corresponds to the physiological and patho...

Background: Immunoglobulins are a group of proteins have important role in defense against microorganisms. Human immunoglobulins are divided into five classes: IgA, IgM, IgD, IgE and IgG. Immunoglobulin G (IgG) is the highest abundant antibody in serum and extravascular fluids. The extent of serum IgG is related to severity of several diseases such as infections, so IgG has great diagnostic wor...

Conformational analysis of the experimentally recorded IR absorption spectra propanol in a gaseous state and low-temperature argon matrix at 20 K 35 was carried out for different spectral ranges. It showed that conformational composition samples gas isolation is different. In propanol, Gt conformers predominate, while most energetically favorable form Tg conformer, which prevails percentage bot...

Elucidation of the mechanism of biomacromolecular recognition events has been a topic of intense interest over the past century. The inherent dynamic nature of both protein and ligand molecules along with the continuous reshaping of the energy landscape during the binding process renders it difficult to characterize this process at atomic detail. Here, we investigate the recognition dynamics of...