Synthesis of adhesive peptides similar to those found in blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) using papain and tyrosinase.

abstract：:Enzymatic hydrolysis of selected copolymers of cellulose diacetate-graft-poly(L-lactide)s (CDA-g-PLLAs) were conducted with proteinase K for film specimens, which were solely quenched from the molten state or, further, annealed at temperatures below or above their glass transition temperatures. The hydrolysis rates de...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Teramoto Y,Nishio Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the self-assembly of genetically engineered protein-based triblock copolymers consisting of a central pH-responsive silk-like middle block (S(H)n, where S(H) is a silk-like octapeptide, (GA)3GH and n is the number of repeats) flanked by hydrophilic random coil outer blocks (C2). Our previous work has already ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Beun LH,Storm IM,Werten MW,de Wolf FA,Cohen Stuart MA,de Vries R

更新日期：2014-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextrin, a glucose polymer with low molecular weight, was used to develop a fully resorbable hydrogel, without using chemical initiators. Dextrin was first oxidized (oDex) with sodium periodate and then cross-linked with adipic acid dihidrazide, a nontoxic cross-linking molecule. Furthermore, a new bidimensional compo...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Molinos M,Carvalho V,Silva DM,Gama FM

更新日期：2012-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of novel reagents and antibiotics for combating multidrug resistance bacteria has received significant attention in recent years. In this study, new antimicrobial star polymers (14-26 nm in diameter) that consist of mixtures of polylysine and glycopolymer arms were developed and were shown to possess a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Wong EH,Khin MM,Ravikumar V,Si Z,Rice SA,Chan-Park MB

更新日期：2016-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An underwater bioadhesive generally comprises a multiprotein complex that provides a molecular basis for self-assembly. We report here a new class of self-assembling peptide inspired by a 20 kDa barnacle cement protein. Studies on the chemically synthesized 24-residue peptide have revealed that (1) it underwent irreve...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Nakano M,Shen JR,Kamino K

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycaprolactone (PCL) was reported a long time ago; however, its biomedical applications has not been extensively investigated in comparison with poly(lactide- co-glycolide) (PLGA) due to its too slow degradation profile. Here, we are reporting an oxalate-connected oligocaprolactone multiblock copolymer (PCL-OX) as a...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Chang SH,Lee HJ,Park S,Kim Y,Jeong B

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein we present a unique method of using dynamic cross-links, which are dynamic covalent bonding and ionic interaction, for the construction of injectable double-network (DN) hydrogels, with the objective of cell delivery for cartilage repair. Glycol chitosan and dibenzaldhyde capped poly(ethylene oxide) formed the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yan Y,Li M,Yang D,Wang Q,Liang F,Qu X,Qiu D,Yang Z

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross-linked homopolymers and copolymers of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, HEMA, and ethylene glycol methacrylate phosphate, MOEP, have been synthesized, and the diffusion of water into these systems has been investigated. Only polymers with 0-20 mol % MOEP exhibited ideal swelling behavior as extensive fracturing occur...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： George KA,Wentrup-Byrne E,Hill DJ,Whittaker AK

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hollow poly(6-O-acryloyl-alpha-D-galactopyranose) (PAGP) nanospheres were prepared in a facile manner using the RAFT (reversible addition fragmentation chain transfer) process. Initially, an amphiphilic block copolymer, poly(lactide)-block-poly(6-O-acryloyl-alpha-D-galactopyranose) (PLA-b-PAGP), was synthesized using ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ting SR,Gregory AM,Stenzel MH

更新日期：2009-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:AQ-Pal14 is a 30-residue polypeptide that was designed to form an α-helical coiled coil that contains a metal-binding 4-pyridylalanine residue on its solvent-exposed surface. However, characterization of this peptide shows that it exists as a three-stranded coiled coil, not a two-stranded one as predicted from its des...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Zaytsev DV,Xie F,Mukherjee M,Bludin A,Demeler B,Breece RM,Tierney DL,Ogawa MY

更新日期：2010-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To broaden the application scope of lactic acid polymers, a new miniemulsion of poly(alkyl methacrylate-graft-lactic acid)s has been developed. The graft copolymer synthesis was based on a poly(lactic acid) macromonomer having a methacryloyl polymerizable group. The macromonomer and a comonomer of n-butyl methacrylate...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ishimoto K,Arimoto M,Ohara H,Kobayashi S,Ishii M,Morita K,Yamashita H,Yabuuchi N

更新日期：2009-10-12 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：:Hydrogels are attractive materials for the controlled release of therapeutics because of their capacity to embed biologically active agents in their water-swollen network. Recent advances in organic and polymer chemistry, bioengineering and nanotechnology have resulted in several new developments in the field of hydro...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Buwalda SJ,Vermonden T,Hennink WE

更新日期：2017-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed, synthesized, and characterized peptides containing four repeats of the sequences VAALEKE (peptide E) or VAALKEK (peptide K). While the peptides alone adopt in aqueous solutions a random coil conformation, their equimolar mixture forms heterodimeric coiled coils as confirmed by CD spectroscopy. 5-Azid...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Pechar M,Pola R,Laga R,Ulbrich K,Bednárová L,Maloň P,Sieglová I,Král V,Fábry M,Vaněk O

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemicellulose-based hydrogels were prepared by radical polymerization of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate or poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate with oligomeric hydrosoluble hemicellulose modified with well-defined amounts of methacrylic functions. The polymerization reaction was carried out in water at 40 degrees C using...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Söderqvist Lindblad M,Albertsson AC,Ranucci E,Laus M,Giani E

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has attracted widespread attention in recent years as a noninvasive and highly selective approach for cancer treatment. We have previously reported a significant increase in the 90-day complete response rate when tumor-bearing mice are treated with the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yan L,Miller J,Yuan M,Liu JF,Busch TM,Tsourkas A,Cheng Z

更新日期：2017-06-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A first attempt to attenuate the quorum sensing (QS) of a marine heterotroph microorganism, Vibrio fischeri , using signal molecule-sequestering polymers (SSPs) is presented. A set of rationally designed polymers with affinity toward a signal molecule of V. fischeri , N-(beta-ketocaproyl)-l-homoserine lactone (3-oxo-C...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Piletska EV,Stavroulakis G,Karim K,Whitcombe MJ,Chianella I,Sharma A,Eboigbodin KE,Robinson GK,Piletsky SA

更新日期：2010-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrylic acid (AAc) has been utilized to introduce reactive carboxyl groups to a temperature-responsive polymer, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm). However, AAc introduction shifts the copolymer phase transition temperatures higher and dampens the steep homopolymer phase transition with increasing AAc content. We pr...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Ebara M,Yamato M,Hirose M,Aoyagi T,Kikuchi A,Sakai K,Okano T

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymer therapeutics, including polymeric drugs and polymer-protein conjugates, are clinically established as first-generation nanomedicines. Knowing that the coiled-coil peptide motif is fundamentally important in the regulation of many cellular and pathological processes, the aim of these studies was to examine the ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Deacon SP,Apostolovic B,Carbajo RJ,Schott AK,Beck K,Vicent MJ,Pineda-Lucena A,Klok HA,Duncan R

更新日期：2011-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosidases have long been used for the synthesis of glycosides by transglycosylation reactions. Especially glycosidases from hyperthermophilic bacteria are useful for reactions under extreme reaction conditions, e.g., in the presence of organic solvents. We herein report the facile enzymatic synthesis and purificati...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Hoffmann M,Gau E,Braun S,Pich A,Elling L

更新日期：2020-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the rheological behavior of chitosan solutions that have been cross-linked with different amounts of genipin, at body temperature and physiological pH. The effect of the cross-linker loading on the rheological properties of hydrogels has been evaluated. The oscillatory time sweep method was used to ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Moura MJ,Figueiredo MM,Gil MH

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) with various alkyl ester chain end groups were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization of L-lactide in the presence of zinc alkoxide as a catalyst. The structural effect of chain end groups on the rate of enzymatic and nonenzymatic degradations for amorphous films of PLLA were investigated at...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Kurokawa K,Yamashita K,Doi Y,Abe H

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrospinning is a versatile process used to prepare micro- and nano- sized fibers from various polymers dissolved in volatile solvents. In this report, cellulose and cellulose-heparin composite fibers are prepared from nonvolatile room temperature ionic liquid (RTIL) solvents by electrospinning. RTILs are extracted...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Viswanathan G,Murugesan S,Pushparaj V,Nalamasu O,Ajayan PM,Linhardt RJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-cross-linking polyelectrolytes are used to strengthen the surface of calcium alginate beads for cell encapsulation. Poly([2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl]trimethylammonium chloride), containing 30 mol % 2-aminoethyl methacrylate, and poly(sodium methacrylate), containing 30 mol % 2-(methacryloyloxy)ethyl acetoacetate, w...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Mazumder MA,Shen F,Burke NA,Potter MA,Stöver HD

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A His-tagged coiled coil stem loop peptide with stable secondary structure was designed and biosynthesized. A series of oligopeptides related to the EBV envelope glycoprotein 350/220 N-terminal nonapeptide as potential CD21 receptor-binding epitopes were engineered into the loop region of the peptide scaffold. It was ...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Tang A,Kopecek J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiproliferative activity of alkylated heparin, in which the terminal end of heparin is derivatized with an alkyl group (butyl, octyl, lauryl, stearyl), was examined using vascular smooth muscle cells. The proliferation of cells, which were growth-arrested prior to addition of heparin, was inhibited in proportion...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Gohda M,Magoshi T,Kato S,Noguchi T,Yasuda S,Nonogi H,Matsuda T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogel forming polysaccharides, such as the seaweed derived agarose, are well suited for wound dressing applications as they have excellent cell and soft tissue compatibility. For wound dressings, fibrous structure is desirable as the high surface area can favor adsorption of wound exudate and promote drug delivery....

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Forget A,Arya N,Randriantsilefisoa R,Miessmer F,Buck M,Ahmadi V,Jonas D,Blencowe A,Shastri VP

更新日期：2016-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The synergistic interaction between xanthan and glucomannan in solution and in the gel phase has been studied by circular dichroism spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. The study in solution of the polysaccharidic mixture indicates a preferred stoichiometry of the interaction corresponding to a weight f...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Paradossi G,Chiessi E,Barbiroli A,Fessas D

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal curcumin delivery for medicinal applications requires a drug delivery system that both solubilizes curcumin and prevents degradation. To achieve this, curcumin has been encapsulated in submicrometer chitosan/Tween 20 particles via a benchtop spray-drying process. Spray-drying parameters have been optimized usi...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： O'Toole MG,Henderson RM,Soucy PA,Fasciotto BH,Hoblitzell PJ,Keynton RS,Ehringer WD,Gobin AS

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Utilization of reversible interactions as sacrificial bonds in biopolymers is critical for the integral synthesis of mechanically superior biological materials. In this work, cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) reinforced covalent polyacrylamide (PAAm) composite hydrogels are immersed into multivalent cation (Ca2+, Zn2+, Al3...

journal_title：Biomacromolecules

authors： Yang J,Xu F,Han CR

更新日期：2017-03-13 00:00:00