Abstract
LITTLE is yet known regarding the change undergone by a native protein when it is adsorbed at an interface. The evidence at present available, which is largely based upon the preservation of the activity of enzymes in monolayers1, would seem to indicate that the molecules are subject to a change of form which remains reversible during the initial period of the adsorption.
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CHEESMAN, D. A Possible Alternative Orientation in Protein Monolayers. Nature 157, 769–770 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/157769c0
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