[RASMB] proteins in water

[Arthur Rowe]

Dear Carlos

Can I just add one note to the clear expositions on this issue already contributed? Peter Budd's article on sedimentation of polyelectrolytes (in "Analytical Ultracentrifugation in Biochemistry & Polymer Science" eds. S E Harding, J C Horton & A J Rowe), The Royal Society of Chemistry, London) makes it depressingly clear that in pure water - as compared to very dilute salt solution - there is no simple extrapolation to infinite dilution available. 

Best of luck with your system!

Arthur


On 23 Jul 2012, at 08:47, Carlos Alfonso Botello wrote:

> Thank you very much for all your helpful answers. 
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> Carlos
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> Dear colleagues,
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> We are running a 10 kDa protein at concentrations 0.2-2 mg/ml in water (no buffer is present).The sedimentation coefficients that we are obtaining are lower than expected for the monomer (1.4 - 1.5S). Is there any correction of the S that we could apply to obtain the correct S20,W.
> 
> Thank you in advance for your help,
> 
> Carlos
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> Dr. Carlos Alfonso
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Professor Arthur J Rowe
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