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The modification of the triple helical structure of gelatin in aqueous solution I. The influence of anionic surfactants, pH-value, and temperature

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The modification of the triple helical structure in aqueous gelatin solutions by changing pH and adding alkyl sulphates at 298 K and after rechilling the solution to 283 K was investigated by CD-measurement. At 298 K the triple helical content at the IEP of the gelatin has its maximum value. It is only weakly affected by adding sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDDS) at concentrations <10−4 M/dm3. The unfolding of the triple helix affected by pH and SDDS is reversible by rechilling the solution. The triple helical content of gelatin solutions decreases at SDDS concentrations higher than 10−4 M/dm3. In all cases the decrease of the amount of triple helical structure is connected with an increase of the cis-configuration in single chains and leads to chain reversals. At sufficiently high SDDS concentrationsβ-sheets are formed. These changes are thermally irreversible. Sodium decyl sulphate (SDS) has a more minor influence than SDDS except in the range of the c.m.c. of SDS. At sufficiently high SDS concentrations,β-turns appear.

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Wüstneck, R., Wetzel, R., Buder, E. et al. The modification of the triple helical structure of gelatin in aqueous solution I. The influence of anionic surfactants, pH-value, and temperature. Colloid & Polymer Sci 266, 1061–1067 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01428818

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