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Equilibrium clusters in concentrated lysozyme protein solutions.
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PMID:  21880324     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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We have studied the structure of salt-free lysozyme at 293K and pH 7.8 using molecular simulations and experimental SAXS effective potentials between proteins at three volume fractions, ϕ=0.012, 0.033, and 0.12. We found that the structure of lysozyme near physiological conditions strongly depends on the volume fraction of proteins. The studied lysozyme solutions are dominated by monomers only for ϕ⩽0.012; for the strong dilution 70% of proteins are in a form of monomers. For ϕ=0.033 only 20% of proteins do not belong to a cluster. The clusters are mainly elongated. For ϕ=0.12 almost no individual particles exits, and branched, irregular clusters of large extent appear. Our simulation study provides new insight into the formation of equilibrium clusters in charged protein solutions near physiological conditions.
Authors:
P Kowalczyk; A Ciach; P A Gauden; A P Terzyk
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-7-22
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of colloid and interface science     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1095-7103     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-9-1     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0043125     Medline TA:  J Colloid Interface Sci     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, 6845 Western Australia, Australia.
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