Influence of cyclodextrin ring substituents on foldingârelated aggregation of bovine carbonic anhydrase
2001
Sharma, Loretta | Sharma, Ajit
A common obstacle to proper renaturation of an unfolded protein is aggregation, an intermolecular side reaction of immense importance in biotechnology and in the pathogenesis of several neurodegenerative diseases. Cyclic sugars known as cyclodextrins have been used as proteinâfolding aids. The effect of cyclodextrin chemistry on aggregation and refolding of carbonic anhydrase was evaluated in this study. Sizeâexclusion HPLC showed that cyclodextrins inhibit aggregate formation without interfering with the correct renaturation of carbonic anhydrase. PAGE of refolded enzyme provides further evidence of inhibition of foldingârelated aggregation by natural and chemically modified cyclodextrins. Although the amount of aggregate formed and recovery of active enzyme was dependent on cavity size, the nature of the chemical substituents found on the rims of the sugar molecule seems to play a more important role in cyclodextrinâassisted refolding of carbonic anhydrase. In general, neutral or cationic cyclodextrins with small cavities were found to be better folding aids than anionic cyclodextrins with larger holes. Although the exact prediction of the effect of a cyclodextrin substitution on protein refolding is not possible at present, these results clearly show that modified cyclodextrins can be designed that effectively inhibit protein aggregation.
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