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EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS
卷 45, 期 1, 页码 45-54出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s00249-015-1075-0
关键词
Mucin; Molar mass; Conformation; Novel hydrodynamic methods
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资金
- University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
- Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (Spain) [CTQ2012-33717]
- FEDER funds
- BBSRC [BB/L025477/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/L025477/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Mucins are the primary macromolecular component of mucus-nature's natural lubricant-although they are poorly characterised heterogeneous substances. Recent advances in hydrodynamic methodology now offer the opportunity for gaining a better understanding of their solution properties. In this study a combination of such methods was used to provide increased understanding of a preparation of porcine intestinal mucin (PIM), MUC2 mucin, in terms of both heterogeneity and quantification of conformational flexibility. The new sedimentation equilibrium algorithm SEDFIT-MSTAR is applied to yield a weight average (over the whole distribution) molar mass of 7.1 x 10(6) g mol(-1), in complete agreement with size exclusion chromatography coupled with multi-angle light scattering (SEC-MALS), which yielded a value of 7.2 x 10(6) g mol(-1). Sedimentation velocity profiles show mucin to be very polydisperse, with a broad molar mass distribution obtained using the Extended Fujita algorithm, consistent with the elution profiles from SEC-MALS. On-line differential pressure viscometry coupled to the SEC-MALS was used to obtain the intrinsic viscosity [eta] as a function of molar mass. These data combined with sedimentation coefficient data into the global conformation algorithm HYDFIT show that PIM has a flexible linear structure, with persistence length L (p) similar to 10 nm and mass per unit length, M (L) similar to 2380 g mol(-1) nm(-1), consistent with a Wales-van Holde ratio of similar to 1.2 obtained from the concentration dependence of the sedimentation coefficient.
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