Specific heat of hydrated lysozyme, water's contribution to its dynamics, and criteria for glass formation of biomaterials

Previous studies of the dynamics of hydrated proteins had shown a feature resembling an exceptionally broad glass-softening endotherm. Its onset temperature, denoted as T(g), was indefinable in one calorimetric study of hydrated lysozyme and was in the 148-218 K range in another study, depending upon hydration. Other methods reported this T(g) as ~170 K. We argue that glass-formation of biomaterials should be studied by measuring a property on...