IngentaConnect Acetylation of faba bean legumin: conformational changes and aggr...

Authors: Schwenke K.D.^{1, *}; Knopfe C.¹; Seifert A.²; Görnitz E.³; Zirwer D.⁴

Source: Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 81, Number 1, 1 January 2001 , pp. 126-134(9)

Abstract:

The effect of progressive acetylation upon the conformation of the 11S globulin legumin from faba bean has been studied using chemical analysis, UV, fluorescence and CD spectroscopy, viscometry and analytical ultracentrifugation. The modification did not induce complete dissociation of the oligomeric protein. Only 30% of the protein was found to be a dissociated 3S subunit after excessive acetylation, whereas 70% was a dimeric legumin aggregate with a molecular mass of about 700 kDa. The aggregation of the highly modified legumin in high-ionic-strength buffer solution leads to soluble higher legumin oligomers. The acetylation resulted in a moderate molecular expansion of legumin due to a changed tertiary structure, whereas the far-UV circular dichroism spectra did not provide definitive evidence of a decrease in domain-stabilizing beta -sheet conformations in their secondary structure.

Keywords: legumin; faba bean protein; acetylation; conformation; secondary structure; aggregation

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1002/1097-0010(20010101)81:1<126::AID-JSFA788>3.0.CO;2-Y

Affiliations: 1: * 2: Institut für Ernährungswissenschaft, Universität Potsdam, Arthur-Scheunert-Allee 114–116, D-14558 Bergholz-Rehbrücke, Germany 3: Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung, D-14476 Golm, Germany 4: Forschungsgruppe Biopolymer-Physik, Max-Delbrück-Center für Molekulare Medizin, D-13125 Berlin-Buch, Germany

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Acetylation of faba bean legumin: conformational changes and aggregation