Protein precipitation: Effects of mixing on protein solubility

Mixing effects in protein precipitation processes are very poorly understood. They impact apparent protein solubility, protein structure in precipitates, particle size, morphology and recoverable activity. In this work, a model is proposed to describe the impact of mixing on protein solubility in precipitation processes. A series of semibatch-mode precipitation experiments were performed using bovine liver catalase and ammonium sulfate to test model predictions