Dependence on ionic strength of charge-induced coil-helix transition of sodium poly(L-glutamate) in aqueous solution |
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Authors: | Satoh M Komiyama J Iijima T |
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Institution: | Department of Polymer Science. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-kn, Ookayama, Tokyo 152, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Helix contents of sodium poly(L-glutamate) in aqueous NaCl solutions were estimated as functions of the degree of ionizalion, alpha. and the salt concentration by CD measurement. The helix content increases with increasing salt concentration but this helix stabilization decreases with decreasing alpha and at alpha<0.25 the helix conformation is destabilized by salt addition. The alpha dependence of the helix stabilization was qualitatively interpreted by Manning's theory in which electrostatic interactions between charges on alternatively arrayed coil and helix segments in a simplified polymer model were incorporated. |
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