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ArticleScientific reports2020

Taurine Induces an Ordered but Functionally Inactive Conformation in Intrinsically Disordered Casein Proteins.

Mohd Younus Bhat, Laishram Rajendrakumar Singh, Tanveer Ali Dar

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. 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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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mohd Younus BhatDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India.
Laishram Rajendrakumar SinghDr.B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India. lrsingh@acbr.du.ac.in.
Tanveer Ali DarDepartment of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, 190006, India. tanveerali@kashmiruniversity.ac.in.
University of Kashmir · INAmbedkar University Delhi · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are involved in various important biological processes, such as cell signalling, transcription, translation, cell division regulation etc. Many IDPs need to maintain their disordered conformation for proper function. Osmolytes, natural organic compounds responsible for maintaining osmoregulation, have been believed to regulate the functional activity of macromolecules including globular proteins and IDPs due to their ability of modulating the macromolecular structure, conformational stability, and functional integrity. In the present study, we have investigated the effect of all classes of osmolytes on two model IDPs, α- and β-casein. It was observed that osmolytes can serve either as folding inducers or folding evaders. Folding evaders, in general, do not induce IDP folding and therefore had no significant effect on structural and functional integrity of IDPs. On the other hand, osmolytes taurine and TMAO serve as folding inducers by promoting structural collapse of IDPs that eventually leads to altered structural and functional integrity of IDPs. This study sheds light on the osmolyte-induced regulation of IDPs and their possible role in various disease pathologies.

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AnimalsCaseinsCattleCircular DichroismIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsOsmolar ConcentrationProtein ConformationProtein FoldingTaurineCaseinsIntrinsically Disordered ProteinsTaurine

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PMID32103094
PMCPMC7044306
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