title: Adsorption and desorption kinetics of water in lysozyme crystal investigated by confocal Raman spectroscopy.
abstract: Adsorption and desorption are critical to crystal engineering for the protein crystal applications. In this paper, we present a new method to study the adsorption and desorption kinetics of waters in lysozyme crystals. H(2)O and D(2)O were used as ideal indicators for the purpose. The lysozyme crystals were prepared in a complete D(2)O environment to ensure that all the water molecules in crystal were D(2)O. The H(2)O in the gas phase directly exchanges with the D(2)O in the crystal by exposing the crystal to an ambiance with saturated water vapor. Using in situ confocal Raman microscopy, H(2)O adsorption and D(2)O desorption in the lysozyme crystals were found to follow first-order kinetics. The rate constants of H(2)O adsorption and D(2)O desorption were obtained to be equal to each other. The kinetic rates were found to linearly depend on the surface area-to-volume ratio of the crystals.
authors.affiliation: The Institute of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, School of Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China.
authors.forename: Jing-Jing
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shou
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Yun-Hong
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D003460:Crystallization; D017666:Deuterium Oxide / Q000737:chemistry; D007700:Kinetics; D009113:Muramidase / Q000737:chemistry*; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D009113:Muramidase; D017666:Deuterium Oxide