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ArticleJournal of molecular modeling2015

An investigation of folic acid-protein association sites and the effect of this association on folic acid self-assembly.

Rajat Gupta, Prasanta Kalita, Omkar Patil, Sanat Mohanty

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Article in Journal of molecular modeling, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Rajat GuptaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 110016.
Prasanta KalitaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 110016.
Omkar PatilDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 110016.
Sanat MohantyDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 110016. sanat.mohanty@gmail.com.
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi · IN

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Abstract

The contribution of folic acid (FA)-tryptophan interactions to FA-protein association was investigated in the context of using FA as a drug carrier in protein delivery systems. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) and indolicidin were used as model proteins in the study. The FA-BSA complex was characterized by using the Bradford reagent to identify the impact of FA-BSA association on BSA-dye reagent interactions. UV-visible spectroscopic analysis of the FA-BSA mixture showed that the absorbance maximum of BSA-dye reagent occurred at 595 nm, even after the association of FA with BSA. This confirms that protonated amino acid groups of the protein are not involved in FA-BSA association. Moreover, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation confirmed the presence of an associative interaction between aromatic moieties in FA and tryptophan moieties in the indolicidin molecule, which disrupted FA self-assembly. An X-ray diffraction (XRD) study showed that there was limited disruption of FA self-assembly after the addition of BSA or tryptophan. This suggests that FA and BSA are compatible and associate with each other. Graphical Abstract Mechanism of folic acid and protein association.

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Drug CarriersAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesFolic AcidMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingSerum Albumin, BovineSpectrum AnalysisTryptophanX-Ray DiffractionAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesDrug CarriersFolic AcidindolicidinSerum Albumin, BovineTryptophanFolateIndolicidinMolecular dynamicsSpectroscopyTryptophan

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