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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 29.
Published in final edited form as: Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2006 Nov 28;56(1-2):19–25. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2006.11.027

Table 3.

Protein Specific Kerr constants

Protein Dipole θ ϕ Vp Ksp × 10−17 m2/V2
Debye Ref. Degree Å3 Calc Exp Ref.
tubulin 1443 11 90.8 0 85909.7 13.0 81.4 17
tropomyosin 6300 18 41.5 119.2 29672.0 1080 3110 18
ovalbumin 305 19 72.2 45.3 41397.5 1.34 5.16 20
lysozyme 122 21 38.4 162.5 13656.7 0.149 1.21 20
ribonuclease a 350 22 52.9 43.7 12993.0 0.94 2.13 20
β-lactoglobulin 790 23 many many 34201.0 2.96 2.96 20
kinesin(1-349) 1042 11 many many 36857.4 3.64 3.64 24
ncd(335-700) 331 11 51.6 80.2 35631.0 −.90 −16.5 24