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  • Title: Investigation on conformational variation and fibrillation of human serum albumin affected by molybdenum disulfide quantum dots.
    Author: Luo H, Li B, Liu J, Liu Y, Xiao Q, Huang S.
    Journal: Int J Biol Macromol; 2021 Nov 01; 190():999-1006. PubMed ID: 34487782.
    Abstract:
    In this work, binding interaction between molybdenum disulfide quantum dots (MoS2 QDs) and human serum albumin (HSA) was researched deeply to dissect the conformational variation and fibrillation of HSA affected by MoS2 QDs. The results revealed that MoS2 QDs bound strongly with HSA with molar ratio of 1:1 under the joint actions of hydrogen bond and van der Waals force, leading to the static fluorescence quenching of HSA. MoS2 QDs caused the secondary structure transition of HSA from α-helix stepwise to β-turn, β-sheet, and random coil gradually. MoS2 QDs reduced both the molar enthalpy change and the melting temperature of HSA, reducing the thermal stability of HSA significantly. It is worth noting that MoS2 QDs inhibited the fibrillation process of HSA according to the reduced hydrophobic environment and the disturbance of disulfide bonds in HSA network structure. These results reveal the precise binding mechanism of MoS2 QDs with HSA at molecular level, providing indispensable information for the potential application of MoS2 QDs in biological fields.
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