Reversible Dimerization of Human Serum Albumin

Abstract

Pulsed Dipolar Spectroscopy (PDS) methods of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) were used to detect and characterize reversible non-covalent dimers of Human Serum Albumin (HSA), the most abundant protein in human plasma. The spin labels, MTSL and OX063, were attached to Cys-34 and these chemical modifications of Cys-34 did affect the dimerization of HSA, indicating that other post-translational modifications can modulate dimer formation. At physiologically relevant concentrations, HSA does form weak, non-covalent dimers with a well-defined structure. Dimer formation is readily reversible into monomers. Dimerization is very relevant to the role of HSA in the transport, binding, and other physiological processes.

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Keywords
human serum albumin, pulse dipole EPR, aggregation, DIMER, BINDING, DYNAMICS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Multidisciplinary, Chemistry
Citation
Chubarov, A., Spitsyna, A., Krumkacheva, O., Mitin, D., Suvorov, D., Tormyshev, V., Fedin, M., Bowman, M., Bagryanskaya, E. (2020): Reversible Dimerization of Human Serum Albumin. Molecules. 26(1).