<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katre, Uma V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suresh, C. G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Khan, Mohammad Islam</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gaikwad, Sushama M.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Steady state and time-resolved fluorescence studies of a hemagglutinin from Moringa oleifera</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Fluorescence</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ANS binding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">fluorescence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hemagglutinin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lifetime</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moringa oleifera</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">saccharide binding</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Solute quenching</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">479-485</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The saccharide binding and conformational characterization of a hemagglutinin, a low molecular weight protein from the seeds of Moringa oleifera was studied using steady state and time resolved fluorescence. The lectin binds sugars LacNAc (K-a = 1380 M-1) and fructose (K-a = 975 M-1), as determined by the fluorescence spectroscopy. It has a single tryptophan per monomer which is exposed on the surface and is in a strong electropositive environment as revealed by quenching with iodide. Quenching of the fluorescence by acrylamide involved both static (K-s = 0.216 M-1) and collisional (K-sv= 8.19 M-1) components. The native protein showed two different lifetimes, tau(1) (1.6 ns) and tau(2) (4.36 ns) which decrease and get converted into a single one, (2.21 ns) after quenching with 0.15 M acrylamide. The bimolecular quenching constant, k(q) was 7.55 x 10(11) M-1 s(-1). ANS binding studies showed that the native protein has exposed hydrophobic patches which get further exposed at extreme acidic or alkaline pH. However, they get buried in the interior of the protein in presence of 1 M GdnHCl or urea.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1.966</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sharma, Urvashi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gaikwad, Sushama M.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suresh, C. G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dhuna, Vikram</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Singh, Jatinder</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kamboj, Sukhdev Singh</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Conformational transitions in ariesaema curvatum lectin: characterization of an acid induced active molten globule</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Fluorescence</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Araceae</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fluorescence lifetime</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hemagglutinin</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Molten globule</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Secondary structure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thermostability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Unfolding</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MAR</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">21</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">753-763</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Biophysical characterization of a lectin from Ariesaema curvatum (ACL) was carried out using steady state as well as time resolved fluorescence and CD spectroscopy under various denaturing conditions. An intermediate with altered tryptophan microenvironment was detected in the phase diagram, which exibited pronounced secondary structure and hemagglutinating activity in presence of 0.25 M Gdn-HCl. An acid induced molten- globule like structure possessing activity and higher thermostability was detected. Transition to the molten globule state was reversible in nature. The lectin retained hemagglutinating activity even after incubation at 95 A degrees C. Both chemical and thermal unfolding of the lectin were found to consist of multistate processes. Fluorescence quenching of ACL was strong with acrylamide and KI. The single tryptophan was found to be surrounded by high density of the positively charged amino acid residues as shown by a ten fold higher K(sv) for KI compared to that for CsCl. The average lifetime of tryptophan fluorescence increased from 1.24 ns in the native state to 1.72 ns in the denatured state.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.107
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