Combined surface pressure-interfacial shear rheology study of the effect of pH on the adsorption of proteins at the air-water interface.

The effect of pH on the adsorption of catalase and lysozyme at the air-water interface has been studied using a combined surface pressure-interfacial shear rheology technique. The results presented show that the rate of development of interfacial phenomena increases as the pH of the subphase approaches the isoelectric point of the protein under investigation. The development of the measured interfacial rheological parameters is due to an increased rate of cross-link formation within the resultant interfacial gel.

Combined surface pressure-interfacial shear rheology studies of the interaction of proteins with spread phospholipid monolayers at the air-water interface.

The adsorption of two model proteins, catalase and lysozyme, to phospholipid monolayers spread at the air-water interface has been studied using a combined surface pressure-interfacial shear rheology technique. Monolayers of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC), 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho-rac-(1-glycerol)] (DPPG) and DPPC:DPPG (7:3) were spread on a phosphate buffer air-water interface at pH 7.4.