[HTML][HTML] Poly (α-l-lysine)-based nanomaterials for versatile biomedical applications: Current advances and perspectives

M Zheng, M Pan, W Zhang, H Lin, S Wu, C Lu, S Tang… - Bioactive Materials, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Poly (α-l-lysine)(PLL) is a class of water-soluble, cationic biopolymer composed of α-
l-lysine structural units. The previous decade witnessed tremendous progress in the …

[HTML][HTML] Polylysine complexes and their biomedical applications

H Zhu, R Liu, Y Shang, L Sun - Engineered Regeneration, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Poly-L-lysine (PLL) is a water-soluble biopolymer consist of repeating unit of L-
lysine. It displays intrinsic non-antigenicity, antibacterial property, biocompatibility, and …

Poly (amino acid) s/polypeptides as potential functional and structural materials

K Numata - Polymer Journal, 2015‏ - nature.com
Poly (amino acids) and polypeptides have the potential to contribute significantly to a
biomass-based and sustainable society, due to their biomass origin, functionality, and …

Self-assembled peptide-based system for mitochondrial-targeted gene delivery: functional and structural insights

JA Chuah, A Matsugami, F Hayashi… - …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Human mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to severe and often deadly diseases, for which
there are no known cures. Although the targeted delivery of therapeutic gene to …

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of polypeptides for use as functional and structural materials

K Tsuchiya, K Numata - Macromolecular Bioscience, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Polypeptides inspired by the natural functional and structural proteins present in living
systems are promising materials for various fields in terms of their versatile functionality and …

Quantum Chemistry in Drug Design: Density Function Theory (DFT) and Other Quantum Mechanics (QM)-related Approaches

SB de Freitas Rodrigues, RSA de Araújo… - … -Aided Drug Design …, 2023‏ - benthamdirect.com
Drug design and development are expensive and time-consuming processes, which in
many cases result in failures during the clinical investigation steps. In order to increase the …

Polyaminoacid-based nanocarriers: A review of the latest candidates for oral drug delivery

S Robla, MJ Alonso, NS Csaba - Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The oral route is one of the most attractive modalities of drug delivery, providing
easy administration and great patient compliance. However, enzymatic degradation and …

The benzyl ester group of amino acid monomers enhances substrate affinity and broadens the substrate specificity of the enzyme catalyst in chemoenzymatic …

JM Ageitos, K Yazawa, A Tateishi, K Tsuchiya… - …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
The chemoenzymatic polymerization of amino acid monomers by proteases involves a two-
step reaction: the formation of a covalent acyl-intermediate complex between the protease …

Periodic introduction of aromatic units in polypeptides via chemoenzymatic polymerization to yield specific secondary structures with high thermal stability

K Tsuchiya, N Kurokawa, J Gimenez-Dejoz… - Polymer Journal, 2019‏ - nature.com
Polypeptides containing periodic aromatic residues in their main chains were synthesized
via papain-catalyzed chemoenzymatic polymerization of tripeptide ester monomers under …

Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Poly-l-lysine via Esterification with Alcohol in One-Pot

K Terada, K Tsuchiya, A Lamprou, K Numata - ACS Polymers Au, 2024‏ - ACS Publications
Chemoenzymatic polymerization (CEP) using enzymes as catalysts is gaining attention as
an environmentally friendly method for synthesizing polypeptides. This method proceeds …