Issue 15, 1993

Diffusion in buffered protein solutions: combined Nernst–Planck and multicomponent Fick equations

Abstract

The Taylor dispersion method has been used to measure diffusion in aqueous solutions of bovine serum albumin (BSA) buffered with H3PO4–KH2PO4(pH 2.2), KH2citrate–K2Hcitrate (pH 4.5), or K2Hcitrate–K3citrate (pH 5.8). Analysis of the refractive-index profiles across the eluted solute peaks shows that diffusing BSA produces large coupled flows of the buffer electrolytes. In the 0.100 mol dm–3 H3PO4–0.100 mol dm–3 KH2PO4 buffer, for example, each mole of BSA counter-transports 1500 mol H3PO4 and co-transports 850 mol KH2PO4. Nernst–Planck and multicomponent Fick equations are used to show that the coupled flows of the buffer electrolytes are driven by the electric field which is generated by the diffusion of BSA and its counterions. Counterintuitively, coupled diffusion is not eliminated by using high concentrations of supporting electrolytes.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1993,89, 2775-2782

Diffusion in buffered protein solutions: combined Nernst–Planck and multicomponent Fick equations

D. G. Leaist and L. Hao, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1993, 89, 2775 DOI: 10.1039/FT9938902775

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