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THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF LYSOZYME

Author(s) -

J. Ross Colvin

Publication year - 1952

Publication title -

canadian journal of chemistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.323

H-Index - 68

eISSN - 1480-3291

pISSN - 0008-4042

DOI - 10.1139/v52-100

Subject(s) - chemistry , lysozyme , prolate spheroid , molecule , ultracentrifuge , rotation (mathematics) , ellipsoid , orientation (vector space) , crystallography , chain (unit) , chromatography , classical mechanics , geometry , organic chemistry , physics , biochemistry , mathematics , astronomy

The molecular weight of lysozyme has been redetermined by the ultracentrifuge as 14,100 ± 500. The molecule appears to be a stubby prolate ellipsoid of rotation, with a maximum length of 90 Å and a minimum equatorial diameter of about 18 Å depending on the degree of hydration assumed. Alternative possibilities of chain orientation within this shape are discussed assuming that the chains are coiled in Pauling–Corey helices.

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