Enzymatically Active Microgels from Self-Assembling Protein Nanofibrils for Microflow Chemistry

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 5772-5781

  Zhou, Xiao Ming ^a,c   Shimanovich, Ulyana ^b   Herling, Therese W ^b   Wu, Si ^a   Dobson, Christopher M ^b   Knowles, Tuomas P J ^b   Perrett, Sarah ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

alkaline phosphatase; amyloid fibrils; enzymatic microgel; microfluidics; Ure2

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; ENZYMES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; GELS; GLYCOPROTEINS; LITHOGRAPHY; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULES; NANOFIBERS; PHOSPHATASES; PROTEINS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLOID FIBRIL; BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE MOLECULES; MICROFLUIDIC DROPLETS; MICROGEL; PROTEIN-BASED MATERIALS; SELF-ASSEMBLING MATERIALS; URE2;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

AMYLOID; GEL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; NANOFIBER; PRION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; URE2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE;

CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GEL; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMYLOID; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GELS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; NANOFIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; PRIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84934994351     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00061     Document Type: Article

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