Biophysical Characterization Of An Insect Lysozyme From Manduca Sexta

Title: Biophysical Characterization Of An Insect Lysozyme From Manduca Sexta

Volume: 11 Issue: 1

Author(s): Alonso A. Lopez-Zavala, Enrique de-la-Re-Vega, Sergio A. Calderon-Arredondo, Karina D. Garcia-Orozco, Enrique F. Velazquez, Maria A. Islas-Osuna, Miguel A. Valdez and Rogerio R. Sotelo-Mundo

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Keywords: lysozyme, insect, manduca sexta, circular dichroism, dynamic light scattering, secondary structure

Abstract: Insect lysozyme from Manduca sexta (MS-lys) was overexpressed in E. coli and refolded to obtain active protein. Recombinant MS-lys presented a globular structure, with an alpha-helical content of 57% as assessed by circular dichroism spectroscopy. Light scattering studies showed that in solution MSlys has a quasi-monodisperse size distribution, with a rod-like structure similar to nucleation clusters reported in egg lysozyme pre-crystallization stages. These results show that MS-lys is an excellent candidate for crystallization, folding and denaturation studies.

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Lopez-Zavala A. Alonso, de-la-Re-Vega Enrique, Calderon-Arredondo A. Sergio, Garcia-Orozco D. Karina, Velazquez F. Enrique, Islas-Osuna A. Maria, Valdez A. Miguel and Sotelo-Mundo R. Rogerio, Biophysical Characterization Of An Insect Lysozyme From Manduca Sexta, Protein & Peptide Letters 2004; 11 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866043478374

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866043478374	Print ISSN 0929-8665
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-5305