Interactions between macromolecules and ions: the Hofmeister series
The Hofmeister series, first noted in 1888, ranks the relative influence of ions on the physical behavior of a wide variety of aqueous processes ranging from colloidal assembly to protein folding. Originally, it was thought that an ion's influence on macromolecular properties was caused at leas...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Current opinion in chemical biology 2006-12, Vol.10 (6), p.658-663 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The Hofmeister series, first noted in 1888, ranks the relative influence of ions on the physical behavior of a wide variety of aqueous processes ranging from colloidal assembly to protein folding. Originally, it was thought that an ion's influence on macromolecular properties was caused at least in part by ‘making’ or ‘breaking’ bulk water structure. Recent time-resolved and thermodynamic studies of water molecules in salt solutions, however, demonstrate that bulk water structure is not central to the Hofmeister effect. Instead, models are being developed that depend upon direct ion–macromolecule interactions as well as interactions with water molecules in the first hydration shell of the macromolecule. |
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ISSN: | 1367-5931 1879-0402 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.09.020 |