Effect of the addition of a nonionic surfactant on the complex poly(asparagine)--cationic surfactant

Poly(asparagine) (pAsn) at 0.1wt % in the presence of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) and pentaoxyethylene octyl ether (C(8)E(5)) at 1:1 molar ratio leads to the formation of mixed DTAB/C(8)E(5) micelle-like aggregates onto the polypeptide as a total surfactant critical association concentra...

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Publié dans:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 21(2005), 18 vom: 30. Aug., Seite 8123-30
Auteur principal: Roscigno, Paola (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: D'Auria, Gabriella, Falcigno, Lucia, D'Errico, Gerardino, Paduano, Luigi
Format: Article
Langue:English
Publié: 2005
Accès à la collection:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Sujets:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Cations Ions Peptides Surface-Active Agents polyasparagine 26894-34-8
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Résumé:Poly(asparagine) (pAsn) at 0.1wt % in the presence of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) and pentaoxyethylene octyl ether (C(8)E(5)) at 1:1 molar ratio leads to the formation of mixed DTAB/C(8)E(5) micelle-like aggregates onto the polypeptide as a total surfactant critical association concentration (cac) is reached, as revealed by surface tension measurements and NMR chemical shifts. Two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy (NOESY) capable of revealing spatial relationships among proximal protons has been performed on the pAsn-DTAB-C(8)E(5)-water system to study structural details of the surfactant-polypeptide aggregates. NOESY cross-peaks at sample temperature of 298.15 K indicate that the polypeptide interacts with the DTAB/C(8)E(5) micelle-like aggregates. The NOE intermolecular effects also show direct interactions between surfactant and polypeptide in the pAsn-DTAB-water system, whereas no interaction has been revealed in the pAsn-C(8)E(5)-water system. Furthermore, the experimental evidence suggest that the DTAB-polypeptide complex is mainly driven by the polar attraction between the two molecules
Description:Date Completed 20.03.2007
Date Revised 23.08.2005
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827