General mechanism of osmolytes' influence on protein stability irrespective of the type of osmolyte cosolvent

A Panuszko, P Bruzdziak, E Kaczkowska… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The stability of proteins in an aqueous solution can be modified by the presence of
osmolytes. The hydration sphere of stabilizing osmolytes is strikingly similar to the enhanced …

Viscosity dependence of some protein and enzyme reaction rates: seventy-five years after Kramers

P Sashi, AK Bhuyan - Biochemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
Kramers rate theory is a milestone in chemical reaction research, but concerns regarding the
basic understanding of condensed phase reaction rates of large molecules in viscous milieu …

Peroxidase activity of cytochrome c in its compact state depends on dynamics of the heme region

N Tomášková, R Varhač, V Lysáková, A Musatov… - Biochimica et biophysica …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cytochrome c (cyt c) is a small globular hemoprotein with the main function as an electron
carrier in mitochondrial respiratory chain. Cyt c possesses also peroxidase-like activity in the …

Factor defining the effects of tetraalkylammonium chloride on stability, folding, and dynamics of horse cytochrome c

M Garg, D Sharma, G Kaur, J Rawat, B Goyal… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This article describes the molecular mechanism by which tetraalkylammonium chloride ([R 4
N] Cl: R-= methyl (Me), ethyl (Et), propyl (Pr), butyl (Bu)) modulates the stability, folding, and …

Osmolyte-induced effects on the hydration behavior and the osmotic second virial coefficients of alkyl-substituted urea derivatives: critical assessment of their structure …

AA Chialvo, OD Crisalle - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2021 - ACS Publications
We analyzed the hydration behavior of alkyl-substituted urea osmolytes in terms of their
deviation from Lewis–Randall solution ideality and characterized their structure …

Imaged capillary isoelectric focusing in native condition: a novel and successful example

X Zhang, L Chemmalil, J Ding, N Mussa, Z Li - Analytical biochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Imaged capillary isoelectric focusing (icIEF) separates ampholytic components of
biomolecules in an electric field according to their isoelectric points and has been used for …

[HTML][HTML] Capillary isoelectric focusing of a difficult-to-denature tetrameric enzyme using alkylurea–urea mixtures

D Gervais, D King - Analytical biochemistry, 2014 - Elsevier
Capillary isoelectric focusing (cIEF) is normally run under denaturing conditions using urea
to expose any buried protein residues that may contribute to the overall charge. However …

Analysis of the pH-dependent stability and millisecond folding kinetics of horse cytochrome c

R Jain, R Kumar, S Kumar, R Chhabra… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the effect of pH on thermodynamic stability and folding kinetics of horse
cytochrome c (cyt c). Analysis of equilibrium unfolding transitions of Ferricyt c and Ferrocyt c …

Determinants for 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride-induced modulation of thermodynamic stability and CO-association dynamics of horse ferrocytochrome c

M Garg, A Kaur, B Goyal, J Rawat, R Kumar - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2024 - Elsevier
This manuscript determines the factors by which the water-miscible ionic liquid (IL), 1-alkyl-3-
methylimidazolium chloride [Rmim] Cl affects the thermodynamic stability and CO …

Factor Defining the Effects of Glycine Betaine on the Thermodynamic Stability and Internal Dynamics of Horse Cytochrome c

R Jain, D Sharma, S Kumar, R Kumar - Biochemistry, 2014 - ACS Publications
A compatible osmolyte such as glycine betaine (GB) and low concentrations of a denaturant
constrain the internal dynamics of natively folded carbonmonoxycytochrome c (NCO) at pH …