Gravity on crystallization of lysozyme: slower or faster?
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
With the increase in applications of protein-based medicines approved and developed, downstream manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals has challenges of finding cost-effective and reliable routes. Biocrystallization and centrifugation have both been used to isolate and purify macromolecules, such as therapeutic protein and other functional proteins. However, the centrifugation cannot perfectly separate biomolecules, and the biocrystallization mainly focuses on structure determination on a scale of microliters or below. In this work, protein crystallization of lysozyme, with a concentration of 35–45 mg/mL, and sodium chloride, with a concentration of 45–55 mg/mL in the solution, on a scale of milliliters was performed under centrifugation. Different gravity levels of 1–20000g and centrifugation durations have been investigated during the nucleation and crystal growth process. There were no obvious influences of low gravity (<100g) and short duration (<5 min) of centrifugation on the crystallization process: i.e., on the changes in concentrations. With continuous centrifugation (>30 min), high gravity (>1000g) hindered the nucleation, i.e., it reduced the drop in concentration at the nucleation stage; however, it accelerated the crystal growth process, i.e. enhanced a drop in concentration at the crystal growth stage.
Date Issued
2019-12-04
Date Acceptance
2019-11-05
Citation
Crystal Growth and Design, 2019, 19 (12), pp.7402-7410
ISSN
1528-7483
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Start Page
7402
End Page
7410
Journal / Book Title
Crystal Growth and Design
Volume
19
Issue
12
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Chemical Society. This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Crystal Growth and Design, after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.9b01447
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Crystallography
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
Materials Science
PROTEIN CRYSTAL-GROWTH
ANALYTICAL ULTRACENTRIFUGATION
SELECTIVE CRYSTALLIZATION
MICROGRAVITY
SEDIMENTATION
NUCLEATION
VIRUS
FLOW
DNA
MACROMOLECULES
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2019-11-05