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ArticleBiomacromolecules2016

Thermoresponsive and Mechanical Properties of Poly(L-proline) Gels.

Manos Gkikas, Reginald K Avery, Bradley D Olsen

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Article in Biomacromolecules, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Manos GkikasDepartment of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Reginald K AveryDepartment of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.
Bradley D OlsenDepartment of Chemical Engineering and ‡Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States.

Funding

Interdepartmental Biotechnology Training ProgramT32GM008334 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI WITTRUP, KARL DANE · 1989 to 2018
$15.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS 5T32GM008334NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008334
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gelation of the left helical N-substituted homopolypeptide poly(L-proline) (PLP) in water was explored, employing rheological and small-angle scattering studies at different temperatures and concentrations in order to investigate the network structure and its mechanical properties. Stiff gels were obtained at 10 wt % or higher at 5 °C, the first time gelation has been observed for homopolypeptides. The secondary structure and helical rigidity of PLP has large structural similarities to gelatin but as gels the two materials show contrasting trends with temperature. With increasing temperature in D2O, the network stiffens, with broad scattering features of similar correlation length for all concentrations and molar masses of PLP. A thermoresponsive transition was also achieved between 5 and 35 °C, with moduli at 35 °C higher than gelatin at 5 °C. The brittle gels could tolerate strains of 1% before yielding with a frequency-independent modulus over the observed range, similar to natural proline-rich proteins, suggesting the potential for thermoresponsive or biomaterial-based applications.

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Elastic ModulusGelsHydrogen BondingKineticsNeutron DiffractionPeptidesPolymerizationProtein Structure, SecondaryScattering, Small AngleSolutionsTransition TemperatureViscosityGelsPeptidespolyprolineSolutions

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PMID26736072
PMCPMC4747850

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