Partitioning behavior and enrichment of proteins with reversed micellar extraction: I. forward extraction of proteins from aqueous to reversed micellar phase.
Protein extractions using aerosol OT (AOT)-isooctane reverse micelle solutions have been studied to explore the potential for separating and enriching proteins with the reversed micellar extraction. The effects of pH, ionic strength, and different cations of chlorides in a bulk aqueous phase and of AOT concentration in an organic phase on the partitioning of lysozyme and myoglobin and the solubilization of water are presented in detail. The extraction of lysozyme was affected by the concentration of potassium or barium but was almost independent of that of sodium or calcium, whose ionic diameter is smaller than that of potassium and barium. For the extraction of myoglobin, however, the effect of barium concentration was not appreciable. Lysozyme could be enriched into the reversed micellar phase up to 30 times the aqueous feed concentration.
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Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Osaka Prefecture, Sakai, Osaka 593, Japan.
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