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Area of Science:

  • Biophysics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Biomolecular crystallization is crucial for structure determination and pharmaceutical production.
  • Understanding nucleation and growth dynamics in solution flow is key to process optimization.
  • Mass transfer, influenced by diffusion and convection, dictates crystal quality and purity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explain biomolecular crystallization results in solution flow for process optimization.
  • To review nucleation and growth in forced and natural convective flows, including microgravity.
  • To analyze mass transfer modalities and their impact on depletion zones.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical analysis of diffusion vs. convection-dominated mass transfer.
  • Experimental investigation of forced flows (air pressure, pumping, mixing, stirring, shearing).
  • Review of studies on natural convection, sedimentation, and microgravity effects.

Main Results:

  • Solution flow influences mass transfer, creating biomolecule-depleted or self-purifying zones.
  • Flow velocities exceeding buoyancy-driven convection favor heterogeneous nucleation.
  • Lower flow velocities lead to predominant bulk nucleation; impurities affect nucleation type.

Conclusions:

  • Flow-utilizing strategies can be tailored for specific biomolecular crystallization needs (e.g., X-ray crystallography, XFEL, pharmaceutical production).
  • Optimizing flow parameters for nucleation, growth, and cessation stages is feasible.
  • Expanding the range of proteins studied in flow crystallization experiments is recommended.