On the stabilizing action of protein denaturants: Acetonitrile effect on stability of lysozyme in aqueous solutions

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Kovrigin, Evgenii L ^a   Potekhin, Sergey A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Lysozyme; Mixed solvents; Preferential solvation; Protein stability; Scanning calorimetry

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; LYSOZYME;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ENTHALPY; ENZYME STABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROCALORIMETRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLVATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ACETONITRILES; ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHICKENS; ENZYME STABILITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER;

EID: 0033992112     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(99)00122-2     Document Type: Article

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