Metastability and nucleation in the dilute fluid phase of a simple model of globular proteins

Details Metastability and nucleation in the dilute fluid phase of a simple model of globular proteins Metastability and nucleation in the dilute fluid phase of a simple model of globular proteins

1999-12-11

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9912199v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

11 pages, 4 figures

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The dilute fluid phase of model globular proteins is studied. The model possesses a fluid-fluid transition buried within the fluid-crystal coexistence region, as do some globular proteins. If this fluid-fluid transition is not buried deep inside the fluid-crystal coexistence region the crystalline phase does not nucleate within the dilute fluid. We link this lack of nucleation of the crystal to the interactions in our model and speculate that similar interactions between globular proteins are responsible for the difficulty found in crystallising many globular proteins.

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