A differential scanning calorimetric study of the conformational transitions of schizophyllan in mixtures of water and dimethylsulfoxide.

Abstract:

:The thermal conformational transitions of two sonicated samples of schizophyllan were studied in water-dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) mixtures by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Two transitions were observed over most of the range of solvent compositions. These were assigned to an internal change of the triple helix [T. Itou et al. (1986) Macromolecules 19, 1234-1240] and a triple-helix-single-coil transition [T. Sato et al. (1981) Carbohydr. Res. 95, 195-204], respectively. In water, the former transition observed at lower temperature for a low molecular weight sample, U-1, is centered at 3 degrees C and characterized by the specific enthalpy, delta hcal = 3.29 J g-1. A higher molecular weight sample, M-2, showed this transition at 7 degrees C with delta hcal = 4.39 J g-1. The transition temperature for both samples increased with increasing DMSO concentration up to about 50 degrees C at 70 weight % DMSO, and then rapidly decreased with increasing DMSO concentration, with about 3 degrees C higher for M-2 than for U-1 over the DMSO concentration. The transition was not observed when the concentration of DMSO exceeded 87%. It was found that delta hcal for both samples was a linear function of t 1/2, the temperature of half-completion in degrees C, delta hcal = 0.177t + 2.96. The triple helix-coil transition was observed at around 127 degrees C for U-1 and above 130 degrees C for M-2 in the range of DMSO composition below about 70%. The transition temperature decreased with increasing DMSO concentration at above 70%, and the transition finally disappeared when the DMSO concentration exceeded 90%. The plot of delta hcal vs. t 1/2 for the transition of both samples gave a linear relation, delta hcal = 0.253t - 10.58. The reversibility of the transition at lower temperature was demonstrated by the reversibility of the curves when the first heating was stopped before the second transition. Once the heating was performed over the second transition, the reheating DSC curves showed several endothermic peaks, indicating the irreversibility of the transition and heterogeneity in the conformation of the heated schizophyllan.

journal_name

Biopolymers

journal_title

Biopolymers

authors

Kitamura S,Kuge T

doi

10.1002/bip.360280208

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-02-01 00:00:00

pages

639-54

issue

2

eissn

0006-3525

issn

1097-0282

journal_volume

28

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