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STUDIES ON CYTOCHROME C UNFOLDING PROCESS USING<br />

ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY.<br />

QUALIFICATION OF PROXYL-MTS SPIN LABEL IN EXAMINATION<br />

OF PROTEIN STRUCTURE<br />

Przemysław Grudnik + , Janusz Pyka, Bohdan Turyna, Ryszard Gurbiel, Wojciech Froncisz<br />

Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University,<br />

ul. Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland<br />

Yeast iso-1-cytochrome c was labeled by two different spin labels: MTSL ((1-Oxyl-2,2,5,5-<br />

tetramethyl-∆ 3 -pyrrolin-3-yl) methanethiosulfonate)) and proxyl-MTS ((1-oxyl-2,2,5,5-<br />

tetramethylpyrrolidin-3-yl) methyl methanethiosulfonate). Proteins were denaturized in<br />

guanidinium hydrochloride. EPR spectroscopy was used to qualify protein unfolding degree.<br />

Continuous wave (CW) EPR spectrum of cytochromes c was registered in different<br />

concentration of guanidinium hydrochloride. Comparison of our results shows that proxyl-<br />

MTS spin label influence on protein structure stability has comparable grade like influence of<br />

MTSL spin label.<br />

+ pgrudnik@op.pl<br />

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