title: Second virial coefficient of alpha-crystallin.
abstract: Light scattering studies were performed on bovine alpha-crystallin measuring the scattering intensities as a function of scattering angle, concentration, and temperature. The data yielded the molecular weight, radius of gyration, and second virial coefficient of alpha-crystallin at different temperatures. The second virial coefficient increased with increasing temperature. Both the enthalpy and entropy of solution of alpha-crystallin are positive. The Flory theta temperature was found to be 271 K.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York 11530.
authors.forename: X W
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bettelheim
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003459:Crystallins; D003461:Crystallography; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D013696:Temperature; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins