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Differential thermographic features of some crystalline biopolymers
Author(s) -
Morita Hirokazu
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
biopolymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.556
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1097-0282
pISSN - 0006-3525
DOI - 10.1002/bip.1966.360040208
Subject(s) - chemistry , nucleic acid , nucleotide , dna , adenosine , rna , differential thermal analysis , adenosine triphosphate , biochemistry , sodium , phosphate , biophysics , organic chemistry , biology , physics , diffraction , optics , gene
Crystalline proteins, nucleic acids, nucleotides, and nucleosides have been examined by differential thermal analysis. Characteristic thermograms are illustrated for globular, serum, and blood plasma proteins, calf thymus DNA, sodium triticonucleate, sodium thymonucleate, sperm DNA, yeast RNA, adenosine‐3′‐phosphate, adenosine‐5′‐phosphate, disodium adenosine triphosphate, adenosine, and deoxyadenosine. A pronounced effect of moisture on the differential thermal properties of DNA has been observed. It is suggested that solid‐state denaturation is one of the prominent thermal effects recorded by the differential thermal analysis of proteins and nucleic acids.