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Title
CAP modifies the structure of a model protein from thermophilic bacteria : mechanisms of CAP-mediated inactivation
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Abstract
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) has great potential for sterilization in the food industry, by deactivation of thermophilic bacteria, but the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. Therefore, we investigate here whether CAP is able to denature/modify protein from thermophilic bacteria. We focus on MTH1880 (MTH) from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum as model protein, which we treated with dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma operating in air for 10, 15 and 20 mins. We analysed the structural changes of MTH using circular dichroism, fluorescence and NMR spectroscopy, as well as the thermal and chemical denaturation, upon CAP treatment. Additionally, we performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to determine the stability, flexibility and solvent accessible surface area (SASA) of both the native and oxidised protein.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Scientific reports. - London, 2011, currens
Publication
London : Nature Publishing Group , 2018
ISSN
2045-2322
DOI
10.1038/S41598-018-28600-W
Volume/pages
8 (2018) , 10 p.
Article Reference
10218
ISI
000437414500004
Pubmed ID
29977069
Medium
E-only publicatie
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ANTICANCER-PAM: Anticancer activity of plasma activated medium and its underlying mechanisms: Combined experimental and computational study
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Publications with a UAntwerp address
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