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Self-Association of Apo A-1 Studied with Dynamic and Static Light Scattering
Journal
Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume
120
Number
7
Pages / Article-Number
1228-35
Abstract
Static and dynamic light scattering were employed to determine simultaneously the average relative molecular mass, Mr, and the average hydrodynamic radius, Rh, of protein molecules. The new method was applied to the association-dissociation equilibrium of apolipoprotein A-1 (Apo A-1) and its thermal unfolding. As a control, lysozyme was measured as a nonassociating protein. Apo A-1 forms oligomers as a function of concentration and temperature, and the equilibrium can be described by a cooperative association model, consisting of a nucleation step and a growth step. At concentrations of 1 and 2.7 mg/mL, the Apo A-1 solution contained mainly monomers and octamers, with intermediates occurring at very low concentrations. Oligomer formation was maximal at 22 °C and was characterized by a temperature-dependent association constant. The cooperative association model allows the quantitative analysis of both the average relative molecular mass, Mr, and the average hydrodynamic radius, Rh, with the same set of model parameters which, in turn, are also applicable to analytical ultracentrifugation experiments. The light scattering experiments were reversible as long as the Apo A-1 solution was not heated above 60 °C.
