Kinetics of protein aggregation at a temperature gradient condition.

Abstract

The unconventional multi-sigmoidal kinetic behaviour of protein aggregation at a temperature gradient condition is reported in this study. To establish a feasible theory for protein aggregation kinetics at a temperature gradient condition, the spatial height of the protein solution is divided into hypothetical layers and the kinetic equations in those layers are solved. Furthermore, we endeavour to study numerically the effect of the temperature gradient on the kinetics of oligomer-mediated protein aggregation and protein inhibition.