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Interacting processes in protein coagulation

✍ Scribed by P.L. San Biagio; V. Martorana; A. Emanuele; S.M. Vaiana; M. Manno; D. Bulone; M.B. Palma-Vittorelli; M.U. Palma

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
168 KB
Volume
37
Category
Article
ISSN
0887-3585

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✦ Synopsis

A strong interest is currently focused on protein self-association and deposit. This usually involves conformational changes of the entire protein or of a fragment. It can occur even at low concentrations and is responsible for pathologies such as systemic amyloidosis, Alzheimer's and Prion diseases, and other neurodegenerative pathologies. Readily available proteins, exhibiting at low concentration self-association properties related to conformational changes, offer very convenient model systems capable of providing insight into this class of problems. Here we report experiments on bovine serum albumin, showing that the process of conformational change of this protein towards an intermediate form required for coagulation occurs simultaneously and interacts with two more processes: mesoscopic demixing of the solution and protein cross-linking. This pathway of three interacting processes allows coagulation even at very low concentrations, and it has been recently observed also in the case of a nonpeptidic polymer. It could therefore be a fairly common feature in polymer coagulation/gelation. Proteins 1999;37: 116-120.

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