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Luminophore Formation in Various Conformations of Bovine Serum Albumin by Binding of Gold(III)
Published on: August 31, 2018
IR spectral changes of bovine serum albumin upon surface adsorption
T J Lenk1, B D Ratner, R M Gendreau
1Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Abstract:
The adsorption of bovine serum albumin from flowing solutions onto germanium and three polyetherurethanes varying in soft segment content was studied by a Fourier transform infrared/attenuated total reflectance technique. Spectral differences observed in the amide I, II, and III regions upon adsorption to all four surfaces were consistent with a loss of helix and gain of beta-structure. There appeared to be a slight difference between BSA adsorbed to germanium and the PEUs, but no distinction could be made between BSA adsorbed to the different PEUs.

