[Conformation of the fibrinogen molecule in solution: dynamic light scattering spectroscopy]. 1976

E Serallach, and V Hofmann, and M Zulnauf, and W Kän;ig, and P W Straub

Human fibrinogen solutions were prepared either by filtration of ultracentrifugation. The sedimentation coefficient was S20,W = 7,9 S. The translational and the rotational diffusion coefficient DT and DR and the fraction of oligomers were determined using light beating spectroscopy. DT20,W was (2.03 +/- 1%) 10(-7)-cm2-sec-1, DR120,W = 40 000 +/- 10%-sec-1. The sedimentation coefficient and DT were strongly dependent on concentration. For pH values between 6.5 and 9.0, the diffusion coefficient DT at ionic strength greater than 0.2 was constant. The diffusion coefficient as measured by nanosecond fluorescence depolarization was DR//20,W = 1.6 x 10(6) sec-1. At a fibrinogen concentration of 2 mg/ml, these hydrodynamic data are compatible with an elongated molecule of 450 A length and an axial ratio of about 1:7.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D005340 Fibrinogen Plasma glycoprotein clotted by thrombin, composed of a dimer of three non-identical pairs of polypeptide chains (alpha, beta, gamma) held together by disulfide bonds. Fibrinogen clotting is a sol-gel change involving complex molecular arrangements: whereas fibrinogen is cleaved by thrombin to form polypeptides A and B, the proteolytic action of other enzymes yields different fibrinogen degradation products. Coagulation Factor I,Factor I,Blood Coagulation Factor I,gamma-Fibrinogen,Factor I, Coagulation,gamma Fibrinogen
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012542 Scattering, Radiation The diversion of RADIATION (thermal, electromagnetic, or nuclear) from its original path as a result of interactions or collisions with atoms, molecules, or larger particles in the atmosphere or other media. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Radiation Scattering,Radiation Scatterings,Scatterings, Radiation
D013050 Spectrometry, Fluorescence Measurement of the intensity and quality of fluorescence. Fluorescence Spectrophotometry,Fluorescence Spectroscopy,Spectrofluorometry,Fluorescence Spectrometry,Spectrophotometry, Fluorescence,Spectroscopy, Fluorescence
D013057 Spectrum Analysis The measurement of the amplitude of the components of a complex waveform throughout the frequency range of the waveform. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Spectroscopy,Analysis, Spectrum,Spectrometry

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