Morphology and Phase Diagram of Thermoresponsive Polymer-Protein Conjugates

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Using an enzyme mediated conjugation method we have prepared well-designed protein-polymer conjugates using a model protein, green fluorescent protein (GFP) with thermo-responsive polymers based on HPMA (N-2- hydroxypropyl methacrylamide)-Acetyl-HPMA (O-acetyl-N-2-hydroxypropyl methacrylamide) and a commercially available PNIPAM-NH2.In this proposal we wish to study in greater detail the self-assembly of these temperature responsive polymer-protein conjugates. Such investigations could be particularly useful to understand the structural properties of these materials as the molecular weight changes and how they respond to the polymers transition to a collapsed state at higher temperatures. The phase diagram of eGFP-copolymer conjugates will be mapped out with respect to copolymer composition and concentration effects as well as temperature and water content.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.58446162
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/58446162
Provenance
Creator Dr Gabriel Cavalli; Dr Gavin Hazell; Dr Susanna Piluso; Mr Matthew Learoyd; Dr Amani El Fagui; Professor Karen Edler; Ms Cecilia Tognoloni
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2018
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2015-03-30T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2015-03-31T08:07:24Z