A femtosecond study of the interaction of human serum albumin with a surfactant (SDS).

Chem Asian J

Physical Chemistry Department, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India.

Published: September 2008

The interaction of a protein, human serum albumin (HSA) with a surfactant (sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS) was studied by femtosecond up-conversion. HSA was labeled covalently with a probe (CPM, 7-dimethylamino-3-(4-maleimidophenyl)-4-methylcoumarin). Binding of SDS to HSA is found to accelerate the solvation dynamics approximately 1.3-fold. The solvation dynamics in HSA displays two time components: 30 ps (20 %) and 800 ps (80 %). When approximately 10 SDS molecules bind to HSA the components are 15 ps (40 %) and 800 ps (60 %). It is argued that SDS may increase the solvent exposure of the probe (CPM); it may also displace the buried water molecules in the immediate vicinity of CPM.

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