Article
Role of Anisotropic Interactions in Protein Crystallization
Physical Review E
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
7-1-2002
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.66.011909
Abstract
We have studied a simple model colloidal fluid to assess the role of anisotropic interactions in crystallization process when the interaction potential is short ranged compared with the size of the molecule, which is the case for the effective interaction between protein molecules in aqueous solutions. Using Monte Carlo simulations we have calculated the phase diagrams of soft dumbbell systems with different anisotropic interactions. It is shown that the anisotropic interactions change the phase behavior not only quantitatively but also qualitatively. By exploiting the anisotropic interactions in the crystallization process additional avenues for the search of optimal crystallization conditions are discussed.
Copyright Owner
American Physical Society
Copyright Date
2002
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Xueyu Song. "Role of Anisotropic Interactions in Protein Crystallization" Physical Review E Vol. 66 Iss. 1 (2002) p. 1 - 4 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/xueyu-song/38/
This article is from Physical Review E 66 (2002): 011909, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.66.011909. Posted with permission.