- What is a polyamino acid?
- What is a homo polyamino acid?
- What is a random co-polyamino acid?
- Are the
polyamino acid molecular weights average or absolute?
- What are some applications of polyamino acids?
What is a polyamino acid?
A polyamino acid is a synthetic polymer made up of many repeating units of amino acid(s).
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What is a homo polyamino acid?
A homo polyamino acid is a polymer made up of a single amino acid as the repeating unit.
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What is a random co-polyamino acid?
A random co-polyamino acid is a polymer made from two or more different amino acids that repeat in a random sequence.
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Are the polyamino acid molecular weights average or absolute?
All polyamino acid molecular weights are average molecular weights and not absolute. Polydispersity is calculated from the ratio of Mw/Mn (Mw is the weight average molecular weight and Mn is the number average molecular weight).
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What are some applications of polyamino acids?
Polyamino acids are used in a variety of applications.
Clinical applications include:
- Micro encapsulation
- Nano and micro particles for tissue-targeted drug delivery and for the delivery of biologics
- Vaccines for hepatitis C, multiple scleroses, emphysema
- Gene therapy
- Immuno suppressants
Non-clinical applications include:
- High throughput screening
- Substrates for the purification of protein kinases
- Cell adhesion
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