Probing the existence of non-thermal Terahertz radiation induced changes of the protein solution structure

© 2021. The Author(s)..

During the last decades discussions were taking place on the existence of global, non-thermal structural changes in biological macromolecules induced by Terahertz (THz) radiation. Despite numerous studies, a clear experimental proof of this effect for biological particles in solution is still missing. We developed a setup combining THz-irradiation with small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), which is a sensitive method for detecting the expected structural changes. We investigated in detail protein systems with different shape morphologies (bovine serum albumin, microtubules), which have been proposed to be susceptible to THz-radiation, under variable parameters (THz wavelength, THz power densities up to 6.8 mW/cm2, protein concentrations). None of the studied systems and conditions revealed structural changes detectable by SAXS suggesting that the expected non-thermal THz-induced effects do not lead to alterations of the overall structures, which are revealed by scattering from dissolved macromolecules. This leaves us with the conclusion that, if such effects are present, these are either local or outside of the spectrum and power range covered by the present study.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 16. Nov., Seite 22311

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schroer, Martin A [VerfasserIn]
Schewa, Siawosch [VerfasserIn]
Gruzinov, Andrey Yu [VerfasserIn]
Rönnau, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Lahey-Rudolph, Janine Mia [VerfasserIn]
Blanchet, Clement E [VerfasserIn]
Zickmantel, Till [VerfasserIn]
Song, Young-Hwa [VerfasserIn]
Svergun, Dmitri I [VerfasserIn]
Roessle, Manfred [VerfasserIn]

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27432CM55Q
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serum Albumin, Bovine
Tubulin

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Date Completed 28.01.2022

Date Revised 08.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-01774-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM333234332