Search results for "lysine"

Extraction of dansylated amino acids using the supported liquid membrane technique

1997

Extraction using the supported liquid membrane (SLM) technique demands conditions where the extracted compounds can be made uncharged allowing them to pass through the membrane. For amino acids, being bifunctional, such conditions can not be obtained directly. One way to overcome this problem is to block one of the functionalities by derivatization, utilising the other group for the transport. The SLM extraction of dansylated amino acids was investigated and optimized. It was possible to obtain high extraction efficiencies (>90%) for most amino acids. For amino acids with polar side chains, such high extraction efficiencies were only obtained at low analyte concentrations ( 10 nmol 1-l). Fo…

Solution Properties and Potential Biological Applications of Zwitterionic Poly(ε-N-methacryloyl-l-lysine)

2013

Poly(e-N-methacryloyl-l-lysine) (PMALys) was synthesized by free radical polymerization yielding a zwitterionic polymer with Mw = 721 000 g mol–1. The polymer dissolves in pure water as well as in aqueous salt solution up to 5 M NaClO4 and over wide range of pH values (1.3 ≤ pH ≤ 12.7) as single chains without any sign for aggregate formation. The zwitterionic polymer shows an expanded random coil structure at and close to isoelectric conditions and further expands upon addition of acid and base, respectively. The polymer fulfills four major prerequisites for a promising nano carrier in potential biomedical applications: (1) It is biocompatible, indicated by a low cytotoxicity. (2) It does …

Mathematic predictive models for calculating copper, iron and zinc dialysability in infant formulas

2001

Differences in the dialysability of a mineral element from infant formulas of the same type were detected in a previous study. As these may be due to the effects that different levels of the components of the formulas could have on dialysability, we attempted to establish mathematical models to predict the dialysability of Cu, Fe and Zn from infant formulas according to their ascorbic, citric, or selected amino acid contents. A simple linear regression was applied between the ascorbic acid, citric acid and amino acid contents and the Cu, Fe and Zn dialysability of 18 powdered infant formulas of different types. Significant correlations (P<0.05) were obtained between the dialysability of Fe …

Clickable poly-L-lysine for the formation of biorecognition surfaces

2019

Biomolecules are immobilized onto surfaces employing the fast and stable adsorption of poly-l-lysine (PLL) polymers and the versatile copper-free click chemistry reactions. This method provides the combined advantages of versatile surface adsorption with density control using polyelectrolytes and of the covalent and orthogonal immobilization of biomolecules with higher reaction rates and improved yields of click chemistry. Using DNA attachment as a proof of concept, control over the DNA probe density and applicability in electrochemical detection are presented.

Large Scale Synthesis of Mono- and Di-urethane Derivatives of Lysine.

1999

Orthogonally protected diurethane derivatives of lysine are valuable materials for peptide syntheses. An example is ZLys(Boc), which is exploited in the industrial production of certain well-established peptide drugs. 3,4) Another derivative is Fmoc-Lys(Boc), which is in common use in the laboratory synthesis of peptides. 5) The simplest route to these lysine derivatives seems to be using the copper complex for simultaneous protection of the a-amino and a-carboxyl function, N e -tert-butoxycarbonylation and then copper detachment. The obtained Lys(Boc) might be then subjected to N a -benzyloxycarbonylation.

Untersuchungen zur Aminos�ureimbalanz

1957

REGULATION OF CATIONIC AMINO ACID TRANSPORT: The Story of the CAT-1 Transporter

2004

▪ Abstract  The discovery of the function of the receptor for the ecotropic retrovirus as a membrane transporter for the essential amino acids lysine and arginine was a landmark finding in the field of molecular nutrition. This finding indicated that cationic amino acid transporters (CATs) act pathologically as viral receptors. The importance of this transporter was further supported by knockout mice that were not viable after birth. CAT-1 was the first amino acid transporter to be cloned; several other CATs were later characterized biochemically and molecularly. These transporters mediate the bidirectional transport of cationic amino acids, thus supporting important metabolic functions, s…

Poly-l-Lysine-Poly[HPMA] Block Copolymers Obtained by RAFT Polymerization as Polyplex-Transfection Reagents with Minimal Toxicity

2015

Herein we describe the synthesis of poly-L-lysine-b-poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)-metha-crylamide)] (poly[HPMA]) block copolymers by combination of solid phase peptide synthesis or polymerization of α-amino acid-N-carboxy-anhydrides (NCA-polymerization) with the reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization (RAFT). In the presence of p-DNA, these polymers form polyplex micelles with a size of 100-200 nm in diameter (monitored by SDS-PAGE and FCS). Primary in vitro studies with HEK-293T cells reveal their cellular uptake (FACS studies and CLSM) and proof successful transfection with efficiencies depending on the length of polylysine. Moreover, these polyplexes display minimal to…

Surfactant-Induced Helix Formation of Cylindrical Brush Polymers with Poly(L-lysine) Side Chains

2008

The complex formation of oppositely charged surfactants with some polypeptides is known to induce β-sheet or helix formation. Here, we report on the complex formation of cylindrical brush polymers with poly(L-lysine) side chains and sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS). With increasing amount of added surfactant the cylindrical polymers first adopt a helical conformation with a pitch of approximately 14-24 nm followed by a spherically collapsed structure before eventually precipitation occurs. CD measurements suggest that the helix formation of the cylindrical brush polymers is driven by the hydrophobicity of the ,8-sheets formed by the PLL side chain-SDS complexes.

Introducing PeptoPlexes: Polylysine-block-Polysarcosine Based Polyplexes for Transfection of HEK 293T Cells

2014

A series of well-defined polypeptide-polypeptoid block copolymers based on the body's own amino acids sarcosine and lysine are prepared by ring opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides. Block lengths were varied between 200-300 for the shielding polysarcosine block and 20-70 for the complexing polylysine block. Dispersity indexes ranged from 1.05 to 1.18. Polylysine is polymerized with benzyloxycarbonyl as well as trifluoroacetyl protecting groups at the ϵ-amine group and optimized deprotection protocols for both groups are reported. The obtained block ionomers are used to complex pDNA resulting in the formation of polyplexes (PeptoPlexes). The PeptoPlexes can be successfully applied i…