SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON-SCATTERING FROM LYSOZYME CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS

A model of the lysozyme crystallization process has been given by time -resolved small-angle neutron scattering from lysozyme in a supersatur ated solution, where larger aggregates (Type I), the radius of which i s more than several hundred Angstrom, co-exist with a much larger numb er of smaller particles (Type II), the radius of which is between 25 a nd 40 Angstrom. As time elapses, the radius of the Type II particles i ncreases, but at about 13 h, it stops increasing and starts decreasing . Nucleation occurs here.