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Structural and Dynamical Examination of the Low-Temperature Glass Transition in Serum Albumin

Yanina A. Goddard ^*, Jean-Pierre Korb  and Robert G. Bryant ^*

^* Chemistry Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée, Ecole Polytechnique, UMR 7643 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Palaiseau, France

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The nuclear magnetic transverse decay and the proton second moment of bovine serum albumin samples dry and hydrated with different water isotope compositions show that at temperatures around 170 K, there is a dramatic change in the dynamics of the water associated with the protein interface. By comparison, observation of the protein protons when hydrated with deuterium oxide provides no evidence for significant dynamical changes near 170 K. The proton second moment of the hydrated protein shows that the protein structure becomes more open with increasing hydration from the lyophilized condition and that the side chains extend from the protein surface into the solvent in the hydrated but not the dry cases. The proton second moment of serum albumin hydrated with H₂O increases dramatically with decreasing temperature near 170 K, demonstrating that the water forms a rigid solid around the protein which effectively fills the surface irregularities created by the protein fold. Solvation with dimethyl sulfoxide yields small effects compared with water.

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