Degree of dispersion of protein solution is decreased.
It is decreased because of certain reasons:-
- Association: refers to changes occuring at subunit or molecular level.
- Polymerization or aggregation: involves formation of large complexes.
- Precipitation: includes all aggregation reactions with total loss of solubility.
- Flocculation: random aggregation reaction in the absence of denaturation; often occurs because of suppression of electrostatic repulsion between the chains.
- Coagulation: random aggregation with denaturation and aggregation reactions where protein-protein interactions predominate over protein-solvent interactions and forms a coarse coagulum.