New horizons in the extraction of bioactive compounds using deep eutectic solvents: A review

MH Zainal-Abidin, M Hayyan, A Hayyan… - Analytica chimica …, 2017 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of ionic liquid analogues, termed 'deep eutectic solvents'(DESs),
and their application in a wide range of chemical and biochemical processes in the past …

[HTML][HTML] A practical guide to small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) of flexible and intrinsically disordered proteins

AG Kikhney, DI Svergun - FEBS letters, 2015 - Elsevier
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a biophysical method to study the overall shape and
structural transitions of biological macromolecules in solution. SAXS provides low resolution …

Cosolvent effects on protein stability

DR Canchi, AE García - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Proteins are marginally stable, and the folding/unfolding equilibrium of proteins in aqueous
solution can easily be altered by the addition of small organic molecules known as …

Urea denaturation by stronger dispersion interactions with proteins than water implies a 2-stage unfolding

L Hua, R Zhou, D Thirumalai… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanism of denaturation of proteins by urea is explored by using all-atom
microseconds molecular dynamics simulations of hen lysozyme generated on BlueGene/L …

Structural analysis of intrinsically disordered proteins by small-angle X-ray scattering

P Bernado, DI Svergun - Molecular biosystems, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Small-angle scattering of X-rays (SAXS) is an established method to study the overall
structure and structural transitions of biological macromolecules in solution. For folded …

Urea, but not guanidinium, destabilizes proteins by forming hydrogen bonds to the peptide group

WK Lim, J Rösgen… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
The mechanism by which urea and guanidinium destabilize protein structure is
controversial. We tested the possibility that these denaturants form hydrogen bonds with …

Role of solvation effects in protein denaturation: from thermodynamics to single molecules and back

JL England, G Haran - Annual review of physical chemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Protein stability often is studied in vitro through the use of urea and guanidinium chloride,
chemical cosolvents that disrupt protein native structure. Much controversy still surrounds …

On the mechanism of SDS‐induced protein denaturation

AK Bhuyan - Biopolymers: Original Research on Biomolecules, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
To understand the mechanism of ionic detergent‐induced protein denaturation, this study
examines the action of sodium dodecyl sulfate on ferrocytochrome c conformation under …

Urea's action on hydrophobic interactions

R Zangi, R Zhou, BJ Berne - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
For more than a century, urea has been commonly used as an agent for denaturing proteins.
However, the mechanism behind its denaturing power is still not well understood. Here we …

Equilibrium study of protein denaturation by urea

DR Canchi, D Paschek, AE García - Journal of the American …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Though urea is commonly used to denature proteins, the molecular mechanism of its
denaturing ability is still a subject of considerable debate. Previous molecular dynamics …