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Review
. 2024 Jun;47(11):e2400174.
doi: 10.1002/jssc.202400174.

Determination of physicochemical parameters of (bio)molecules and (bio)particles by capillary electromigration methods

Sille Štěpánová  1 , Václav Kašička  1
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Review

Determination of physicochemical parameters of (bio)molecules and (bio)particles by capillary electromigration methods

Sille Štěpánová et al. J Sep Sci. 2024 Jun.

Abstract

The review provides an overview of recent developments and applications of capillary electromigration (CE) methods for the determination of important physicochemical parameters of various (bio)molecules and (bio)particles. These parameters include actual and limiting (absolute) ionic mobilities, effective electrophoretic mobilities, effective charges, isoelectric points, electrokinetic potentials, hydrodynamic radii, diffusion coefficients, relative molecular masses, acidity (ionization) constants, binding constants and stoichiometry of (bio)molecular complexes, changes of Gibbs free energy, enthalpy and entropy and rate constants of chemical reactions and interactions, retention factors and partition and distribution coefficients. For the determination of these parameters, the following CE methods are employed: zone electrophoresis in a free solution or in sieving media, isotachophoresis, isoelectric focusing, affinity electrophoresis, electrokinetic chromatography, and electrochromatography. In the individual sections, the procedures for the determination of the above parameters by the particular CE methods are described.

Keywords: acidity constant; binding constant; capillary electrophoresis; electrophoretic mobility; review.

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