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Fourier‐transform infrared spectroscopy study of dehydrated lipases from Candida antarctica B and Pseudomonas cepacia
Author(s) -
Vecchio Giuseppe,
Zambianchi Francesca,
Zacchetti Paola,
Secundo Francesco,
Carrea Giacomo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0290(19990905)64:5<545::aid-bit4>3.0.co;2-y
Subject(s) - lipase , chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , protein secondary structure , infrared spectroscopy , pseudomonas , amide , beta sheet , hydrogen bond , enzyme , crystallography , chromatography , organic chemistry , protein structure , chemical engineering , molecule , biochemistry , biology , bacteria , engineering , genetics
Fourier‐transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectroscopy was employed to investigate potential lyophilization‐induced changes in the secondary structure of lipases from Candida antarctica B and Pseudomonas cepacia. The secondary structure elements were determined by curve fitting of the amide III bands of the two lipases in the lyophilized state in KBr pellets and in solution. It was found that lyophilization decreased the α‐helix and increased the β‐sheet content. However, FT‐IR analysis of crosslinked enzyme crystals of Pseudomonas cepacia lipase also indicated an increase in the β‐sheet content, which appears despite the fact that the enzyme, being in the crystallized state, should possess native conformation. This result partially questions the suitability of FT‐IR for analysis of the structure of solid proteins, at least as far as the β‐sheet content is concerned, because it is possible that the method overestimates the β‐sheets by measuring other hydrogen‐bonded nonperiodic intermolecular structures. No significant modification was observed when lipase from Pseudomonas cepacia was lyophilized in the presence of methoxypoly(ethylene glycol). © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 64: 545–551, 1999.