Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
J Am Chem Soc. 2011 Jun 8;133(22):8392-5. doi: 10.1021/ja2004736. Epub 2011 Apr 4.
Micelles were prepared from polymer-peptide block copolymer amphiphiles containing substrates for protein kinase A, protein phosphatase-1, and matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9. We examine reversible switching of the morphology of these micelles through a phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cycle and study peptide-sequence directed changes in morphology in response to proteolysis. Furthermore, the exceptional uniformity of these polymer-peptide particles makes them amenable to cryo-TEM reconstruction techniques lending insight into their internal structure.
胶束由含有蛋白激酶 A、磷酸酶-1 和基质金属蛋白酶 2 和 9 底物的聚合物-肽嵌段共聚物两亲物制备而成。我们通过磷酸化-去磷酸化循环研究这些胶束形态的可逆转换,并研究肽序列对响应蛋白水解的形态变化的定向作用。此外,这些聚合物-肽颗粒异常均匀,使其适合于低温透射电子显微镜重建技术,从而深入了解其内部结构。