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ArticlePloS one2014

Existence of molten globule state in homocysteine-induced protein covalent modifications.

Tarun Kumar, Gurumayum Suraj Sharma, Laishram Rajendrakumar Singh

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tarun KumarDr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Gurumayum Suraj SharmaDr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Laishram Rajendrakumar SinghDr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Ambedkar University Delhi · INUniversity of Delhi · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Homocysteine thiolactone is a toxic metabolite produced from homocysteine by amino-acyl t-RNA synthetase in error editing reaction. The basic cause of toxicity of homocysteine thiolactone is believed to be due to the adduct formation with lysine residues (known as protein N-homocysteinylation) leading to protein aggregation and loss of enzyme function. There was no data available until now that showed the effect of homocysteine thiolactone on the native state structural changes that led to aggregate formation. In the present study we have investigated the time dependent structural changes due to homocysteine thiolactone induced modifications on three different proteins having different physico-chemical properties (cytochrome-c, lysozyme and alpha lactalbumin). We discovered that N-homocysteinylation leads to the formation of molten globule state--an important protein folding intermediate in the protein folding pathway. We also found that the formation of the molten globule state might be responsible for the appearance of aggregate formation. The study indicates the importance of protein folding intermediate state in eliciting the homocysteine thiolactone toxicity.

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Protein ConformationProtein FoldingAnimalsCattleChemical PhenomenaChickensCircular DichroismCytochromes cHomocysteineLactalbuminMuramidaseProtein DenaturationProteinsProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiarySpectrometry, FluorescenceCytochromes cHomocysteinehomocysteine thiolactoneLactalbuminMuramidaseProteins

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PMID25405350
PMCPMC4236184
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