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Protein Immobilization on Aminated Poly(glycidyl methacrylate) Nanofibers as Polymeric Carriers
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- Issue Date
- 2007-04-20
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society
- Citation
- Biomacromolecules 2007, 8, 1400-1403
- Abstract
- Recently, protein carriers based on nanomaterials have been highlighted in diverse biological applications such
as protein extraction, separation, and delivery due to their facile gravimetric sedimentation in the aqueous phase
and abundant surface functionalities, which were used as anchoring sites for proteins. From this viewpoint, poly-
(glycidyl methacrylate) nanofibers (PGMA NFs) can be an excellent candidate for protein support because PGMA
NFs possess the activated epoxide functional groups on the surface. In addition, cured PGMA NFs (PGMA-NH2
NFs) reveal different surface functionalities such as primary amine groups. They can be linked with carboxylated
proteins. Ferritin and streptavidin were selected as models of the pristine and biolinker-mediated proteins in this
experiment and immobilized onto PGMA NFs and aminated PGMA-NH2 NFs. The successful conjugations of
ferritin and streptavidin were confirmed with transmission electron microscopy and fluorescein-isothiocyanatetagged
molecules. Protein immobilization using the pristine and the cured PGMA NFs could be considered as an
outstanding protocol for facile protein delivery.
- ISSN
- 1525-7797
- Language
- English
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