Summary
The kinetics of the eosin-sensitized photooxidation ([O2(1Δg)]-mediated) of the protein lysozyme (Lyso) was investigated under two different pH conditions (pH 7 and pH 11). Rates of oxygen consumption and the fade in the protein fluorescence spectrum upon sensitized irradiation were monitored. Parallel studies on both denatured Lyso (absence of the four-S-S- bridges in the protein) and different mixtures of the photooxidizable amino acids of Lyso were also carried out. The mixtures maintained the same molar ratio as in the native protein, and were selected just in order to throw into relief the preferential amino acids that were being photooxidized at both pH values.
Under work conditions Lyso was only photooxidizable at pH 7, whereas the opposite accounted for the denatured protein: only measurable oxygen consumption was detected at pH 11. Nevertheless, Lyso at pH 11, evidenced an important physical quenching of O2(1Δg) due to the Tyr and Trp residues.
The results for the native protein were interpreted on the basis of a previously described dark complex Eosin-Lyso, which selectively favours the photooxidation of the bounded protein. The Trp residues were the main reactive entities in the native protein. The photodinamic effect in denatured Lyso was characterized by the prevalence of Tyr residues as photooxidizable targets.
In the discussion of the results, a comparisson with the photooxidation kinetics of the mixtures of free amino acids was made.
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Abbreviations
- O2(3Σg −):
-
ground state triplet oxygen
- O2(1Δg):
-
singlet molecular oxygen
- Lyso:
-
lysozyme
- LysoD:
-
denatured lysozyme
- Eos:
-
eosin
- FFA:
-
furfuryl alcohol
- Trp:
-
tryptophan
- Tyr:
-
tyrosine
- Cys:
-
cysteine
- Cis:
-
cystine
- Met:
-
methionine
- His:
-
histidine
- AA:
-
amino acid
- a.u.:
-
arbitrary units
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Soltermann, A.T., Biasutti, M.A., Senz, A. et al. Influence of the pH on the photodynamic effect in lysozyme A comparative kinetic study with the sensitized photooxidation of isolated amino acids. Amino Acids 9, 123–134 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00805833
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