Heat effects of dehydration of human serum albumin in organic solvents

Abstract

Based on analysis of our own results concerning the thermochemistry of the interactions of serum albumin in organic media with a low water content and the adsorption of water on the protein in conjunction with the published data on the thermochemistry of solvation of water in organic solvents, we suggest a scheme capable of predicting the influence of the solvation ability of the medium on the enthalpies of dehydration of the protein in organic solvents. Copyright © 2005 by Pleiades Publishing, Inc.