Transitions among various molecule states and conformational changes of bovine insulin were investigated under different denaturing conditions by means of fluorescence phase diagrams,fluorescence quenching,1-anilinona...Transitions among various molecule states and conformational changes of bovine insulin were investigated under different denaturing conditions by means of fluorescence phase diagrams,fluorescence quenching,1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate（ANS） binding assay and circular dichroism（CD） spectra.In both guanidine hydrochloride（GuHCl）-and urea-denatured procedures,the spatial structure of insulin molecules changed from ordered states to relative unordered ones with the increasing of denaturant concentration.The GuHCl-denatured process followed a four-state model,for there were two intermediates existed in 2.0 and 6.0 mol/L GuHC1,respectively.Intermediate I1 is more compact than the normal protein.And intermediate I2 has lost most of the secondary structures.When GuHCl concentration was above 6.0 mol/L,the fluorophores originally existed in the internal of insulin molecules would expose to the surface.However,the urea-denatured process followed a three-state model,only one intermediate existed in 2.5 mol/L urea.During the urea-denatured procedure,the fluorophores originally existed in theinternal of insulin molecules didn＇t expose to the surface.展开更多
Based on the crystal symmetry of [L-Met]^(B0) bovine insulin (LMBBI) and the fundamental theory of the molecular packing method, the scheme for the determination of the position and orientation of the molecules by onl...Based on the crystal symmetry of [L-Met]^(B0) bovine insulin (LMBBI) and the fundamental theory of the molecular packing method, the scheme for the determination of the position and orientation of the molecules by only using one-dimensional rotation and one-dimensional translation was chosen to be used,and therefore the calculation of the rotation function of the molecular replacement method and the refinement of the rotational and translational parameters by using the R-factor search method were simplified greatly. After the preliminary refinement by using the macromolecular rigid body refinement technique, the molecular model was further refined and adjusted by using the energy-minimizing stereochemical-restrained least squares refinement technique assisted by the manual revision on the difference Fourier maps.The L-Met residues on the N-termlnus of the B-chain appeared clearly on the final electron density map.展开更多
Diethyl flavon-7-yl phosphate was synthesized by modified Atheron-Todd reaction. The result of ESI shows that the phosphated flavonoids possess stronger binding affinities toward proteins such as myoglobin, insulin an...Diethyl flavon-7-yl phosphate was synthesized by modified Atheron-Todd reaction. The result of ESI shows that the phosphated flavonoids possess stronger binding affinities toward proteins such as myoglobin, insulin and lysozyme and are easier to form the non-covalent complexes with them.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China（No.21075097）.
文摘Transitions among various molecule states and conformational changes of bovine insulin were investigated under different denaturing conditions by means of fluorescence phase diagrams,fluorescence quenching,1-anilinonaphthalene-8-sulfonate（ANS） binding assay and circular dichroism（CD） spectra.In both guanidine hydrochloride（GuHCl）-and urea-denatured procedures,the spatial structure of insulin molecules changed from ordered states to relative unordered ones with the increasing of denaturant concentration.The GuHCl-denatured process followed a four-state model,for there were two intermediates existed in 2.0 and 6.0 mol/L GuHC1,respectively.Intermediate I1 is more compact than the normal protein.And intermediate I2 has lost most of the secondary structures.When GuHCl concentration was above 6.0 mol/L,the fluorophores originally existed in the internal of insulin molecules would expose to the surface.However,the urea-denatured process followed a three-state model,only one intermediate existed in 2.5 mol/L urea.During the urea-denatured procedure,the fluorophores originally existed in theinternal of insulin molecules didn＇t expose to the surface.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Bureau of Biology, Academia Sinica.
文摘Based on the crystal symmetry of [L-Met]^(B0) bovine insulin (LMBBI) and the fundamental theory of the molecular packing method, the scheme for the determination of the position and orientation of the molecules by only using one-dimensional rotation and one-dimensional translation was chosen to be used,and therefore the calculation of the rotation function of the molecular replacement method and the refinement of the rotational and translational parameters by using the R-factor search method were simplified greatly. After the preliminary refinement by using the macromolecular rigid body refinement technique, the molecular model was further refined and adjusted by using the energy-minimizing stereochemical-restrained least squares refinement technique assisted by the manual revision on the difference Fourier maps.The L-Met residues on the N-termlnus of the B-chain appeared clearly on the final electron density map.
文摘Diethyl flavon-7-yl phosphate was synthesized by modified Atheron-Todd reaction. The result of ESI shows that the phosphated flavonoids possess stronger binding affinities toward proteins such as myoglobin, insulin and lysozyme and are easier to form the non-covalent complexes with them.
