Structural transitions of monoolein bicontinuous cubic phase induced by inclusion of protein lysozyme solutions

Details Structural transitions of monoolein bicontinuous cubic phase induced by inclusion of protein lysozyme solutions Structural transitions of monoolein bicontinuous cubic phase induced by inclusion of protein lysozyme solutions

2006-05-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605617v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

8 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.73.061510

Inclusion of protein lysozyme molecules in lipidic monoolein cubic phase induces a transition from a $\rm Pn\bar{3}m$ structure to $\rm Im\bar{3}m$ one. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) method with high intensity synchrotron radiation enabled us to follow closely the transition depending on the conditions of lysozyme solutions. We showed that concentrated lysozyme solutions induced the appearance of the $\rm Im\bar{3}m$ structure coexisting with the $\rm Pn\bar{3}m$ structure. From the relation between the lattice parameters of these two structures it was shown that they were related by the Bonnet transformation of underlying triply periodic minimal surfaces. We found that the transition also occurred at lower lysozyme concentration when NaCl induced attraction between lysozyme molecules. The origin of the transition was considered as a frustration in the cubic phase where lysozyme molecules were highly confined. A simple estimation of the frustration was given, which took into account of the translational entropy of lysozyme molecules. At the highest concentration of lysozyme and NaCl the $\rm Im\bar{3}m$ structure was found to disappear and left only the $\rm Pn\bar{3}m$ structure. This was probably either due to the crystallization or phase separation of lysozyme solutions ongoing microscopically, which absorbed lysozyme molecules from channels of the cubic phase and thus removed the frustration.

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