Tuning Ice Nucleation with Supercharged Polypeptides.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1002/adma.201600496.
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Abstract
Supercharged unfolded polypeptides (SUPs) are exploited for controlling ice nucleation via tuning the nature of charge and charge density of SUPs. The results show that positively charged SUPs facilitate ice nucleation, while negatively charged ones suppress it. Moreover, the charge density of the SUP backbone is another parameter to control it.
Medical subject headings
- Peptides