Abstract

A striking potential of the amphiphilic dipeptides, Arg-Phe or Asp-Phe, to induce aggregation of a model protein, alcohol dehydrogenase in its native-like state, has been demonstrated under physiologically relevant conditions, using dynamic light scattering, fluorescence spectroscopy, circular dichroism, transmission electron- and atomic force microscopy. The peptide action resulted in accumulation of a variety of morphologically distinct supramolecular structures profoundly differing from those generated by the heat-induced aggregation at the early stages of the process, when amyloid fibril assemblies were not detectable. The biogenic amphiphilic agents are suggested to act as regulators of structural transformations of native-like proteins.

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