PROTEIN MONOLAYER FORMATION AT AIR–ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE: A LANGMUIR–BLODGETT STUDY
The interfacial surface activity of a protein, ovalbumin (OVA) at bare air/water interface in presence and also in absence of electrolyte (KCl) in subphase has been investigated. The surface activity was measured as a function of time. It has been found that, the presence of KCl in aqueous subphase enhances the adsorption rate of the protein. The changes of area/molecule, compressibility, rigidity and unfolding of OVA are trivial up to 10 mM KCl concentration. These properties of OVA, above 10 mM KCl concentration are significant and have been explained in the perspective of DLVO theory and many-body ion–protein dispersion potentials. The presence of high concentration of electrolyte increases the β-structure of OVA, resulting into larger unfolding as well as larger intermolecular aggregates. The overall study indicates that KCl perturbs the OVA monolayer.
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2011
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Authors: | PAL, PRABIR ; KAMILYA, TAPANENDU ; MAHATO, MRITYUNJOY ; TALAPATRA, G. B. |
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Surface Review and Letters (SRL). - World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., ISSN 1793-6667. - Vol. 18.2011, 06, p. 267-279
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World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. |
Subject: | Protein | surface activity | electrolytes | monolayer | unfolding | intermolecular aggregates |
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