Structural transition during thermal denaturation of collagen in the solution and film states
Abstract
Temperature dependent vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra of type I collagen, in solution and film states, have been measured. These spectra obtained for solution sample suggest that the thermal denaturation of collagen results in transition from poly‐L‐proline II (PPII) to unordered structure. The PPII structure of collagen is identified by the presence of negative VCD couplet in the amide I region, while the formation of unordered structure is indicated by the disappearance of VCD in the amide I region. The temperature dependent spectra obtained for the supported collagen film indicated a biphasic transition, which is believed to be the first vibrational spectroscopic report to support a biphasic transition during thermal denaturation of collagen film. The temperature dependent spectra of collagen films suggest that the thermal stability of collagen structure depends on its state and decreases in the order: supported film > free standing film > solution state. These observations are believed to be significant in the VCD spectroscopic analysis of secondary structures of proteins and peptides. Chirality, 2009.Keywords
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