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ArticleComputational and structural biotechnology journal2015

The role of water in protein's behavior: The two dynamical crossovers studied by NMR and FTIR techniques.

Francesco Mallamace, Carmelo Corsaro, Domenico Mallamace, Sebastiano Vasi, Cirino Vasi, Giacomo Dugo

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Article in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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Francesco MallamaceDipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy ; CNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres 37, 98158 Messina, Italy.
Carmelo CorsaroDipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
Domenico MallamaceDipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente, della Sicurezza, del Territorio, degli Alimenti edella Salute, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
Sebastiano VasiDipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.
Cirino VasiCNR-IPCF, Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici, Viale F. Stagno D'Alcontres 37, 98158 Messina, Italy.
Giacomo DugoDipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente, della Sicurezza, del Territorio, degli Alimenti edella Salute, Università di Messina, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy.

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Abstract

The role the solvent plays in determining the biological activity of proteins is of primary importance. Water is the solvent of life and proteins need at least a water monolayer covering their surface in order to become biologically active. We study how the properties of water and the effect of its coupling with the hydrophilic moieties of proteins govern the regime of protein activity. In particular we follow, by means of Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy, the thermal evolution of the amide vibrational modes of hydrated lysozyme in the temperature interval 180 K < T < 350 K. In such a way we are able to observe the thermal limit of biological activity characterizing hydrated lysozyme. Finally we focus on the region of lysozyme thermal denaturation by following the evolution of the proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra for 298 K < T < 366 K with the High-Resolution Magic Angle Spinning probe. Our data suggest that the hydrogen bond coupling between hydration water and protein hydrophilic groups is crucial in triggering the main mechanisms that define the enzymatic activity of proteins.

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Amide bending modeHR-MASHydration waterLysozyme unfoldingProtein dynamic transition

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PMID25750698
PMCPMC4348435

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