Structural and Conformational Stability of Horseradish Peroxidase: Effect of Temperature and pH
- 8 December 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 39 (1) , 263-270
- https://doi.org/10.1021/bi990729o
Abstract
Detailed circular dichroism and fluorescence studies at different pHs have been carried out to monitor thermal unfolding of horseradish peroxidase isoenzyme c (HRPc). The change in CD in the 222 nm region corresponds to changes in the overall secondary structure of the enzyme, while that in the 400 nm region (Soret region) corresponds to changes in the tertiary structure around the heme in the enzyme. The temperature dependence of the tertiary structure around the heme also affected the intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence emission spectrum of the enzyme. The results suggested that melting of the tertiary structure to a pre-molten globule form takes place at 45 °C, which is much lower than the temperature (Tm = 74 °C) at which depletion of heme from the heme cavity takes place. The melting of the tertiary structure was found to be associated with a pKa of ∼5, indicating that this phase possibly involves breaking of the hydrogen-bonding network of the heme pocket, keeping the heme moiety still inside it. The stability of the secondary structure of the enzyme was also found to decrease at pH below 4.5. A ‘high temperature' unfolding phase was observed which was, however, independent of pH. The stability of the secondary structure was found to drastically decrease in the presence of DTT (dithiothreitol), indicating that the ‘high temperature' form is possibly stabilized due to interhelical disulfide bonds. Depletion of Ca2+ ions resulted in a marked decrease in the stability of the secondary structure of the enzyme.Keywords
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