Structure and stability of self-assembled actin-lysozyme complexes in salty water

Details Structure and stability of self-assembled actin-lysozyme complexes in salty water Structure and stability of self-assembled actin-lysozyme complexes in salty water

2005-07-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0507584v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 108302 (2005)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.108302

Interactions between actin, an anionic polyelectrolyte, and lysozyme, a cationic globular protein, have been examined using a combination of synchrotron small-angle x-ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations. Lysozyme initially bridges pairs of actin filaments, which relax into hexagonally-coordinated columnar complexes comprised of actin held together by incommensurate one-dimensional close-packed arrays of lysozyme macroions. These complexes are found to be stable even in the presence of significant concentrations of monovalent salt, which is quantitatively explained from a redistribution of salt between the condensed and the aqueous phases.

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