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Protein Science, Vol 1, Issue 11 1477-1484, Copyright © 1992 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

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Conformational stability of porcine serum transferrin

Z. M. SHEN, J. T. YANG, Y. M. FENG and CSC. WU
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0130

The conformation of porcine serum ferric transferrin (Tf) and its stability against denaturation were studied by circular dichroism. Tf was estimated to have 19-24% {alpha}-helix and 50-55% {beta}-sheet based on the methods of Chang et al. (Chang, C.T., Wu, C.-S.C., & Yang, J.T., 1978, Anal. Biochem. 91, 13-31) and Provencher and Glockner (Provencher, S.W. & Glockner, J., 1981, Biochemistry 20, 33-37). Removal of the bound ferric ions (apo-Tf) did not alter the overall conformation, but there were subtle changes in local conformation based on its near-UV CD spectrum. The Tfs were stable between pH 3.5 and 11. Denaturation by guanidine hydrochloride (Gu-HCl) showed two transitions at 1.6 and 3.4 M denaturant. The process of denaturation by acid and base was reversible, whereas that by Gu-HCl was partially reversible. The irreversible thermal unfolding of Tfs began at temperatures above 60{deg}C and was not complete even at 80{deg}C. The bound irons (based on absorbance at 460 nm) were completely released at pH <4 or in Gu-HCl solution above 1.7 M, when the protein began to unfold, but they remained intact in neutral solution even at 85{deg}C. The NH(2)- and COOH-terminal halves of the Tf molecule obtained by limited trypsin digestion had CD spectra similar to the spectrum of native Tf, and the COOH-terminal fragment had more stable secondary structure than the NH(2)-terminal fragment.
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