Urease and hexadecylamine-urease films at the air-water interface: an x-ray reflection and grazing incidence x-ray diffraction study.
We report the results of surface x-ray scattering measurements performed on urease and hexadecylamine-urease films at the air-aqueous solution interface. It is demonstrated that although hexadecylamine does not form a stable monolayer on the pure aqueous surface, it does self-assemble into a stable, well-organized structure when spread on top of a urease film at the air-water interface. It is also likely that protein and hexadecylamine domains coexist at the interface.
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D000388:Air; D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D014510:Urease / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D000588:Amines; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D014867:Water; D014510:Urease; C013553:hexadecylamine