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Nolan, María Verónica
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Sanchez, Julieta Maria
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Perillo, Maria Angelica
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2018-03-09T17:44:49Z
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2015-12
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Nolan, María Verónica; Sanchez, Julieta Maria; Perillo, Maria Angelica; PEG-induced molecular crowding leads to a relaxed conformation, higher thermal stability and lower catalytic efficiency of Escherichia coli β-galactosidase; Elsevier Science; Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces; 136; 12-2015; 1202-1206
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0927-7765
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http://hdl.handle.net/11336/38421
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Enzymatic activities were historically assayed in dilute solutions where molecular crowding, molecular confinement and their consequences were not taken into account. Here we report how macromolecular crowding tunes catalytic parameters for the tetrameric β-Galactosidase from Escherichia coli, β-Gal. We detected increases in KM (weaker substrate binding) and a nonlinear variation in Vmax, with a minimum at 25% W/P of the crowding agent (polyethyleneglycol molecular mass 6000, PEG6000) resulting in a linear decrease in the catalytic efficiency (kcat/KM) within the whole [PEG6000] range tested). Presence of crowding agent affected β-Gal structural content and increased its thermal resistance. Steady state fluorescence and Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopic observations are compatible with crowding-induced disordering and restricted internal dynamics as a result of excluded volume and solvent structuring effects. This leads to a non-optimal substrate-binding site and a less conformationally strained protein.
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application/pdf
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eng
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Elsevier Science
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/
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Enzymatic Activity
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Peg-Induced Molecular Crowding
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Protein Structure
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Thermal Stability
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Water Activity
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Otras Ciencias Biológicas
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Ciencias Biológicas
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CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
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PEG-induced molecular crowding leads to a relaxed conformation, higher thermal stability and lower catalytic efficiency of Escherichia coli β-galactosidase
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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2018-03-07T18:39:57Z
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136
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1202-1206
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Países Bajos
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Amsterdam
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Fil: Nolan, María Verónica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina
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Fil: Sanchez, Julieta Maria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina
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Fil: Perillo, Maria Angelica. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina
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Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.11.003
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info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927776515302861
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