Integral approach to biomacromolecular structure by analytical-ultracentrifugation and small-angle scattering

Commun Biol. 2020 Jun 8;3(1):294. doi: 10.1038/s42003-020-1011-4.

Abstract

Currently, a sample for small-angle scattering (SAS) is usually highly purified and looks monodispersed: The Guinier plot of its SAS intensity shows a fine straight line. However, it could include the slight aggregates which make the experimental SAS profile different from the monodispersed one. A concerted method with analytical-ultracentrifugation (AUC) and SAS, named as AUC-SAS, offers the precise scattering intensity of a concerned biomacromolecule in solution even with aggregates as well that of a complex under an association-dissociation equilibrium. AUC-SAS overcomes an aggregation problem which has been an obstacle for SAS analysis and, furthermore, has a potential to lead to a structural analysis for a general multi-component system.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Macromolecular Substances / chemistry*
  • Models, Molecular
  • Ovalbumin / chemistry*
  • Scattering, Small Angle*
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry*
  • Ultracentrifugation / methods*
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Ovalbumin