High-resolution computer simulation of the dynamics of isoelectric focusing: in quest of more realistic input parameters for carrier ampholytes

Mosher, Richard A; Thormann, Wolfgang (2008). High-resolution computer simulation of the dynamics of isoelectric focusing: in quest of more realistic input parameters for carrier ampholytes. Electrophoresis, 29(5), pp. 1036-47. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH 10.1002/elps.200700453

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The impact of the systematic variation of either DeltapK(a) or mobility of 140 biprotic carrier ampholytes on the conductivity profile of a pH 3-10 gradient was studied by dynamic computer simulation. A configuration with the greatest DeltapK(a) in the pH 6-7 range and uniform mobilities produced a conductivity profile consistent with that which is experimentally observed. A similar result was observed when the neutral (pI = 7) ampholyte is assigned the lowest mobility and mobilities of the other carriers are systematically increased as their pI's recede from 7. When equal DeltapK(a) values and mobilities are assigned to all ampholytes a conductivity plateau in the pH 5-9 region is produced which does not reflect what is seen experimentally. The variation in DeltapK(a) values is considered to most accurately reflect the electrochemical parameters of commercially available mixtures of carrier ampholytes. Simulations with unequal mobilities of the cationic and anionic species of the carrier ampholytes show either cathodic (greater mobility of the cationic species) or anodic (greater mobility of the anionic species) drifts of the pH gradient. The simulated cationic drifts compare well to those observed experimentally in a capillary in which the focusing of three dyes was followed by whole column optical imaging. The cathodic drift flattens the acidic portion of the gradient and steepens the basic part. This phenomenon is an additional argument against the notion that focused zones of carrier ampholytes have no electrophoretic flux.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Service Sector > Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Visceral Research [discontinued]
UniBE Contributor:	Thormann, Wolfgang
ISSN:	0173-0835
ISBN:	18219653
Publisher:	Wiley-VCH
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 15:05
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:20
Publisher DOI:	10.1002/elps.200700453
PubMed ID:	18219653
Web of Science ID:	000254195300007
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/28339 (FactScience: 120157)