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Familial Als-Associated Mutations Decrease The Thermal Stability Of Distinctly Metallated Species Of Human Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase, Daryl K. Eggers, J. A. Rodriguez, J. S. Valentine, J. A. Roe, A. Tiwari, R. H. Brown, L. J. Hayward Jan 2002

Familial Als-Associated Mutations Decrease The Thermal Stability Of Distinctly Metallated Species Of Human Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase, Daryl K. Eggers, J. A. Rodriguez, J. S. Valentine, J. A. Roe, A. Tiwari, R. H. Brown, L. J. Hayward

Faculty Publications, Chemistry

We report the thermal stability of wild type (WT) and 14 different variants of human copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (FALS). Multiple endothermic unfolding transitions were observed by differential scanning calorimetry for partially metallated SOD1 enzymes isolated from a baculovirus system. We correlated the metal ion contents of SOD1 variants with the occurrence of distinct melting transitions. Altered thermal stability upon reduction of copper with dithionite identified transitions resulting from the unfolding of copper-containing SOD1 species. We demonstrated that copper or zinc binding to a subset of “WT-like” FALS mutants (A4V, L38V, G41S, G72S, D76Y, …


Chemical Analysis By X-Ray Spectroscopy Near Phase Transitions In The Solid State, Juana Vivó Acrivos, L. Nguyen, T. Norman, C. T. Lin, W. Y. Liang, J. M. Honig, P Somasundaran Jan 2002

Chemical Analysis By X-Ray Spectroscopy Near Phase Transitions In The Solid State, Juana Vivó Acrivos, L. Nguyen, T. Norman, C. T. Lin, W. Y. Liang, J. M. Honig, P Somasundaran

Faculty Publications, Chemistry

The methods discussed in this work show that the types of changes which may be observed, by precise XAS measurements of Absorbance A versus temperature, across a phase transition are: the changes in the relaxation time of the final states  due to fluctuations near a phase transition; the detection of the anomalous Bragg condition coupled to phonon modes XAS enhancement that identifies the temperature interval where the phonon modes are active, the symmetry changes which introduce new allowed transitions to finite states below an element edge, near Tc indicate what symmetry changes occur, and the method of XTDAFST0 = …


Temperature And Pressure Dependence Of Excitation Spectra As A Probe Of The Solution Structure And Equilibrium Thermodynamics Of A Eu(Iii) Complex Containing A Modified Dota Ligand, Gilles Muller, S. D. Kean, D. Parker, J. P. Riehl Jan 2002

Temperature And Pressure Dependence Of Excitation Spectra As A Probe Of The Solution Structure And Equilibrium Thermodynamics Of A Eu(Iii) Complex Containing A Modified Dota Ligand, Gilles Muller, S. D. Kean, D. Parker, J. P. Riehl

Faculty Publications, Chemistry

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