Title
Selective binding and dynamics of imidazole alkyl sulfate ionic liquids with human serum albumin and collagen −A detailed NMR investigation
Author
R Ravikanth Reddy, S. Ganesh, Madhan Balaraman, Bandaru V. N. Phani Kumar
Year
2018
Journal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Abstract
Interaction of ionic liquid (IL) with protein is now becoming important in stabilizing the protein due to the selective cation-anion combination of IL. The binding and dynamics of the green solvents such as imidazole alkyl sulfate based ILs viz., 1- butyl 3-methylimidazolium alkyl [where alkyl = hydrogen, methyl, octyl and dodecyl] sulfate with two distinct model proteins, namely human serum albumin (HSA) and collagen in aqueous solution, have been investigated with the aid of solution NMR. Interactions of ILs with HSA and collagen have been probed at the atomistic level through NMR determined parameters, such as 1H line-shapes, selective and non-selective spin-lattice relaxation times (T1SEL & T1NS) and spin-spin relaxation times (T2). Furthermore, saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR has been used to monitor the spatial proximities of IL’s with HSA and collagen. The results indicate that, despite the type of proteins (HSA or collagen), STD NMR of protein-IL mixtures exhibit responses only from the anionic part of the selected ILs. Also, a combination of T1SEL and T1NS measurements indicate the genuine protein-IL interaction. Furthermore, it was observed that the global binding affinity between IL and proteins is enhanced with an increase in alkyl chain length of the anionic portion of IL. The present study thus highlights the role of anionic part of ILs in interaction with the selected proteins. The outcome of the present study brings out the opportunity to design of new ILs with a judicious choice of anionic and cationic parts for targeted functionalities.
Instrument
J-715
Keywords
Circular dichroism, Secondary structure, Ligand binding, Chemical stability, Protein folding, Biochemistry