Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2001, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (1): 112.

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Phase Behavior and Protein Partitioning in Aqueous Two-phase Systems Formed by Mixtures of Polymer and Cationic-anionic Surfactants

XIAO Jin-Xin, BAO Yan-Xia, FANG Lei   

  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2000-01-21 Online:2001-01-24 Published:2001-01-24

Abstract: Anovel aqueous two-phase system can be formed by the mixtures of a polymer and cationic-anionic surfactants. Such a system can be used as a partitioning system of proteins. In this work, we investigated the formation, phase behavior and protein partitioning in aqueous two-phase systems formed by dodecyltriethylammonium bromide/sodium dodecylsulfate/PEGand dodecyltriethylammonium bromide/sodium dodecylsulfate/dextran. The ligands with affinity were attached to the polymers and the affinity partitioning of proteins was investigated. It was shown that the surfactants and polymers are enriched in different phases of aqueous two-phase systems. Phase separation are promoted by increasing temperature and adding inorganic salts. Different proteins are partitioned in different phases. The selectivity of protein partitioning is increased by adding ligands with affinity.

Key words: Aqueous two-phases, Protein partitioning, Cationic-anionic surfactants

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