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Hongmei Zhang1, Qianqian Han2, Xuelian Yin2
1Institute of Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Ecology, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, 224007, PR China; School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yancheng Teachers University, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province, 224002, PR China.
Abstract:
Exploring the protein-nanomaterials interactions is the topic of high relevance for the future applications of new nanomaterials in biological system. Herein, the binding mechanism of bovine serum albumin(BSA) and bovine hemoglobin(BHB) with two-dimensional black phosphorus nanosheets (BP NSs) was reported. Muti-spectral results showed that the combination of BP NPs with protein resulted in the fluorescence quenching of BSA and BHB and induced the extension of the protein peptide chain by van der Waals forces, hydrophobic forces, and electron-transfer forces. Both BSA and BHB retain their structure in α-helix form. The induced circular dichroism (ICD) spectral results showed that the presence of BP NPs partly destroyed the binding domain of BHB with bilirubin and altered the tertiary structure of BHB by BP NPs binding.
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