Chain registry and load-dependent conformational dynamics of collagen.

abstract：:Peptide ligation is an indispensable step in the chemical synthesis of target peptides and proteins that are difficult to synthesize at once by a solid-phase synthesis. The ligation reaction is generally conducted with two peptide fragments at a high aqueous concentration to increase the reaction rate; however, this o...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hayashi G,Yanase M,Nakatsuka Y,Okamoto A

更新日期：2019-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The carboxyl-terminal domain (CTD, residues 146-231) of the HIV-1 capsid (CA) protein plays an important role in the CA-CA dimerization and viral assembly of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Disrupting the native conformation of the CA is essential for blocking viral capsid formation and viral replication. Thu...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yu X,Wang Q,Yang JC,Buch I,Tsai CJ,Ma B,Cheng SZ,Nussinov R,Zheng J

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of a single elastin-like peptide GVG(VPGVG)3 in liquid water is studied by computer simulations in the temperature interval between 280 and 440 K. Two main conformational states of the peptide can be distinguished: a rigid conformational state, dominating at low temperatures, and a flexible conformati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Krukau A,Brovchenko I,Geiger A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(L-lactide)-based microspheres having cationic or anionic surfaces were prepared using polydepsipeptide-block-poly(L-lactide)s as surfactants. Polydepsipeptide-block-poly(L-lactide)s having amino or carboxylic acid groups on their side chains were synthesized through anionic ring-opening polymerizations of L-lacti...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ouchi T,Toyohara M,Arimura H,Ohya Y

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore here the possibility that polypeptide chains with directional multiplicity might provide for the control of peptide self-assembly processes. We tested this new possibility using an oppositely directed peptide (ODP) supramolecular system. The ODP could make it possible to form a βαβ motif with antiparallel β...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Jeong WJ,Han S,Park H,Jin KS,Lim YB

更新日期：2014-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the right conditions, some biological systems can maintain high viability after being frozen and thawed, but many others (e.g., organs and many mammalian cells) cannot. To increase the rates of post-thaw viability and widen the library of living cells and tissues that can be stored frozen, an improved understand...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Burkey AA,Hillsley A,Harris DT,Baltzegar JR,Zhang DY,Sprague WW,Rosales AM,Lynd NA

更新日期：2020-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The competing mechanisms that regulate adhesion of bacteria to surfaces and subsequent biofilm formation remain unclear, though nearly all studies have focused on the role of physical and chemical properties of the material surface. Given the large monetary and health costs of medical-device colonization and hospital-...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Lichter JA,Thompson MT,Delgadillo M,Nishikawa T,Rubner MF,Van Vliet KJ

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although micelles are commonly used for drug delivery purposes, their long-term fate is often unknown due to photobleaching of the fluorescent labels or the use of toxic materials. Here, we present a metal-free, nontoxic, nonbleaching, fluorescent micelle that can address these shortcomings. A simple, yet versatile, p...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zaquen N,Lu H,Chang T,Mamdooh R,Lutsen L,Vanderzande D,Stenzel M,Junkers T

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid-like fibrils are prepared from protein in the lab by controlled heat treatments, yet these must be further assembled to match the desirable mechanical and structural properties of biological fibers. Here, β-lactoglobulin fibrils were incorporated into poly(ethylene oxide) fibers of 40-180 nm diameter by electr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chen D,Narayanan N,Federici E,Yang Z,Zuo X,Gao J,Fang F,Deng M,Campanella OH,Jones OG

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal conductive properties, including the thermal diffusivity and resultant thermal conductivity, of nonwoven nanocellulose sheets were investigated by separately measuring the thermal diffusivity of the sheets in the in-plane and thickness directions with a periodic heating method. The cross-sectional area (or...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Uetani K,Okada T,Oyama HT

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:N-Acetyllactosamine (LacNAc; Galβ4GlcNAc) is a typical disaccharide ligand of galectins. The most abundant members of these human lectins, galectin-1 (Gal-1) and galectin-3 (Gal-3), participate in a number of pathologies including cancerogenesis and metastatic formation. In this study, we synthesized a series of fifte...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tavares MR,Bláhová M,Sedláková L,Elling L,Pelantová H,Konefał R,Etrych T,Křen V,Bojarová P,Chytil P

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiphilic ABC triblock copolymers composed of monomethoxy-capped poly(ethylene glycol) (MPEG), poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DMA), and poly(2-(diethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (DEA) have been synthesized by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). These copolymers dissolve molecularly in acidic aque...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang Y,Liu SY,Armes SP,Billingham NC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structures of three pectic arabinogalactans, one from Vernonia kotschyana (Vk2a) and two from Cochlospermum tinctorium (Ct50A1 and Ct50A2), and their complement fixation and induction of B cell proliferation in vitro were compared. The polysaccharide Vk2a expressed potent biological activity in both assays compared wi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nergard CS,Kiyohara H,Reynolds JC,Thomas-Oates JE,Matsumoto T,Yamada H,Patel T,Petersen D,Michaelsen TE,Diallo D,Paulsen BS

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogels with pH-sensitive poly(acrylic acid) (PAAc) chains and biodegradable acryloyl-poly(-caprolactone)-2-hydroxylethyl methacrylate (AC-PCL-HEMA) chains were designed and synthesized. The morphology of hydrogel was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The degradation of the hydrogel in the presence of Pseudo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wu DQ,Sun YX,Xu XD,Cheng SX,Zhang XZ,Zhuo RX

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inulin, the polydisperse reserve polysaccharide from chicory, has been modified by carbamoylation in organic solvents. The reaction of inulin with a range of alkyl isocyanates resulted, after crystalization, in a variety of carbamoylated inulins from which the interfacial properties were determined. The medium and lon...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stevens CV,Meriggi A,Peristeropoulou M,Christov PP,Booten K,Levecke B,Vandamme A,Pittevils N,Tadros TF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ozonolysis of methyl soyate (biodiesel) was conducted in the presence of methanol, dichloromethane (solvent), and triethylamine (catalyst) at -75 degrees C. Structural analysis, including FTIR, GC, and GC-MS, showed that the total amount of double bonds in the mixture was reduced by more than 90% after 2 h of ozonolys...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Baber TM,Graiver D,Lira CT,Narayan R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drying dynamics of protein coatings is of importance for many applications. The main focus of research so far was to investigate macroscopic properties of protein coatings, leaving drying dynamics virtually unexplored. A unique combination of techniques is used to monitor drying of a coating containing the protein...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Bouman J,de Vries R,Venema P,Belton P,Baukh V,Huinink HP,van der Linden E

更新日期：2015-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Major ampullate silk, also known as dragline silk, is one of the strongest biomaterials known. This silk is composed of two proteins, major ampullate spidroin 1 (MaSp1) and major ampullate spidroin 2 (MaSp2). Only partial cDNA sequences have been obtained for these proteins, and these sequences are toward the C-termin...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Motriuk-Smith D,Smith A,Hayashi CY,Lewis RV

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitin nanocrystal aqueous dispersions were prepared by acid hydrolysis of crude chitin from crab shells. The resulting dispersions were studied with small deformation oscillatory experiments and polarized optical microscopy under different conditions of nanocrystal concentration, ionic strength, pH, and temperature. ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tzoumaki MV,Moschakis T,Biliaderis CG

更新日期：2010-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A temperature-responsive hydrogel composed of aqueous methylcellulose (MC) blended with distinct concentrations of PBS was prepared and characterized. The developed MC hydrogel underwent a sol-gel reversible transition upon heating or cooling at approximately 32 degrees C. This temperature-responsive hydrogel was empl...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang MJ,Chen CH,Lin PJ,Huang CH,Chen W,Sung HW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphiphilic glycopolymers, polylactide-grafted dextran copolymers (Dex-g-PLA), were synthesized with a well-controlled architecture obtained through a three-step procedure: partial silylation of the dextran hydroxyl groups, ring-opening polymerization of D,L-lactide initiated from remaining hydroxyl groups, silylether...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Raynaud J,Choquenet B,Marie E,Dellacherie E,Nouvel C,Six JL,Durand A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The massive use of antibiotics in healthcare and agriculture has led to their artificial accumulation in natural habitats, which risks the structure and function of the microbial communities in ecosystems, threatens food and water security, and accelerates the development of resistome. Ideally, antibiotics should rema...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zheng W,Anzaldua M,Arora A,Jiang Y,McIntyre K,Doerfert M,Winter T,Mishra A,Ma H,Liang H

更新日期：2020-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Novel biodegradable poly(carbonate ester)s with photolabile protecting groups were synthesized by ring-opening copolymerization of L-lactide (LA) with 5-methyl-5-(2-nitro-benzoxycarbonyl)-1,3-dioxan-2-one (MNC) with diethyl zinc (Et2Zn) as catalyst. The poly(L-lactide-co-5-methyl-5-carboxyl-1,3-dioxan-2-one) (P(LA-co-...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Xie Z,Hu X,Chen X,Sun J,Shi Q,Jing X

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycations often suffer from the irreconcilable inconsistency between transfection efficiency and toxicity. Polymers with high molecular weight (MW) and cationic charge feature potent gene delivery capabilities, while in the meantime suffer from strong chemotoxicity, restricted intracellular DNA release, and low stab...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： He H,Bai Y,Wang J,Deng Q,Zhu L,Meng F,Zhong Z,Yin L

更新日期：2015-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the stabilization of the quaternary structure of multimeric enzymes has been illustrated using a model reaction with great industrial relevance: the enzymatic synthesis of ampicillin from 6-amino penicillanic acid (6APA) and phenylglycine methyl ester (PGM) catalyzed by the tetrameric enzyme alpha-am...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Fernández-Lafuente R,Hernández-Jústiz O,Mateo C,Terreni M,Fernández-Lorente G,Moreno MA,Alonso J,García-López JL,Guisan JM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a first step toward utilizing self-assembling peptide scaffolds to create tunable matrices for drug delivery, peptide RADAFI and RADAFII, containing the same amino acid composition but different positions of one phenylalanine residue, scaffolds were prepared for controlled release of chiral enantiomers. The release...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zhao Y,Tanaka M,Kinoshita T,Higuchi M,Tan T

更新日期：2009-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Several alternatives to the conventional alginate beads formulation were studied for encapsulation of invertase. Pectin was added to the alginate/enzyme solution while trehalose and β-cyclodextrin were added to the calcium gelation media. The effect of composition changes, freezing, drying methods (freeze, vacuum, or ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Santagapita PR,Mazzobre MF,Buera MP

更新日期：2011-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:In situ polymerizable hydrogels are extensively investigated to implement new biomedical and pharmaceutical approaches. In the present paper a novel polysaccharidic matrix based on calcium alginate (Ca(II)-Alg) hydrogel and dextran methacrylate derivative (Dex-MA), showing potential applicability in the field of pharm...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Matricardi P,Pontoriero M,Coviello T,Casadei MA,Alhaique F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work demonstrates that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is generated in weak polyacrylamide hydrogels due to mechanochemical reactions to osmotic swelling. Hydrogels are important tools and materials for many biomedical applications, particularly for growth of stem cells. However, swollen gels are under constant tension,...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Parameswar AV,Fitch KR,Bull DS,Duke VR,Goodwin AP

更新日期：2018-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I collagen is explored heavily for use in biomaterials, but the role of other extracellular matrix components in regulating collagen organization is gaining attention. We show that as the ratio of type III to type I collagen increases, fibril diameter decreases. A mixture of the two collagen types results in a mo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Stuart K,Panitch A

更新日期：2009-01-12 00:00:00