BARC/PUB/2018/1058

 
 

Structures and interactions among lysozyme proteins below the isoelectric point in presence of divalent ions

 
     
 
Author(s)

Pandit, S.; Kundu, S.; Abbas, S.; Aswal, V. K.; and others
(SSPD)

Source

Chemical Physics Letters, 2018. Vol. 711: pp. 8-14

ABSTRACT

Small angle neutron scattering study reveals that below the isoelectric point of the globular protein lysozyme and in the presence of different divalent (Mg2+, Ca2+ and Ba2+) and monovalent (Na+) ions, the long-range repulsive and the short-range attractive interactions decreases and increases respectively with the increase of salt concentration. In addition with these short- and long-range interactions, fractal aggregates also form even in pure lysozyme solution by a very small amount (≈0.5%). Protein-protein interactions are mostly dominated by the fractal structure factor only for Na+ and Mg2+ ions at higher salt concentrations as more aggregates are formed.

 
 
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