화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.121, No.24, 5897-5907, 2017
Protein Partial Molar Volumes in Multicomponent Solutions from the Perspective of Inverse Kirkwood-Buff Theory
Inverse Kirkwood-Buff (KB) solution theory can be used to relate macroscopic quantities with molecular scale interactions and correlation functions, in the form of KB integrals. Protein partial specific volumes ((V) over cap (2)%) from high-precision density measurements can be used to quantify solvent-solute and solute-solute KB integrals. Currently, general expressions for (V) over cap (2) as a function of cosolute concentration (c(3)) have been provided for only binary and ternary solutions. We derive a general multicomponent expression for (V) over cap (2) in terms of the relevant KB integrals for the case of low (infinite dilution) protein concentration but arbitrary cosolute concentrations. To test the utility of treating a quaternary system with a pseudoternary approximation, alpha-Chymotrypsinogen (aCgn) solutions with a series of solutes (NaCl, sucrose, and trehalose), were compared as a function of solute concentration with and without buffer present. Comparison between those ternary and quaternary solutions shows equivalent results within experimental uncertainty and suggests the pseudoternary approximation may be reasonable. In the case of aCgn, doing so also revealed that the preferential interactions can depend on pH. Analysis of steric contributions also provides an example that illustrates how KB integrals allow one to interpret (V) over cap (2) in terms of contributions from molecular volume, excluded volume, and hydration/solvation effects.