SEDIMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM IN MACROMOLECULAR SOLUTIONS OF ARBITRARY CONCENTRATION .1. SELF-ASSOCIATING PROTEINS
SEDIMENTATION EQUILIBRIUM IN MACROMOLECULAR SOLUTIONS OF ARBITRARY CONCENTRATION .1. SELF-ASSOCIATING PROTEINS
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DOI:
10.1002/bip.360260405
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发表时间:
1987-04-01
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
MINTON, AP
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作者:
CHATELIER, RC;MINTON, AP
Relations describing sedimentation equilibrium in solutions of self-associating macromolecules at arbitrary concentrations are presented. These relationships are obtained by using scaled-particle theory to calculate the thermodynamic activity of each species present at a given radial disturbance. The results are expected to be valid for solutions of globular proteins under conditions such that interactions between individual solute molecules may be approximated by a hard-particle potential. Sedimentation equilibria in solutions containing either a nonassociating solute or a solute that self-associates according to several different schemes are simulated using the derived relations. The results of these simulations are presented in terms of the dependence of apparent weight-average molecular weight upon solute concentrations. Simple empirical relations are presented for estimating the true weight-average molecular weight from the apparent weight-average molecular weight, without reference to any particulate self-association scheme. The weight-average molecular weight estimated in this fashion is within a few percent of the true weight-average molecular weight at all experimentally realizable solute concentrations (< 400 g/L).