SYNTHETIC APOLIPOPROTEINS, AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NANOLIPOPROTEIN PARTICLES FORMATION
申请人:LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
公开号:US20180186860A1
公开(公告)日:2018-07-05
Synthetic apolipoproteins based on native/naturally occurring homolog proteins can be prepared using solid-phase peptide synthesis approaches combined with native chemical ligation methods to create analogs of full length apolipoproteins. The chemical synthesis is expected to allow introduction of non-natural amino acids, e.g., α,α′-dialkyl amino acids, with a periodicity that encourages both helix formation and amphipathicity. Such apolipoprotein analogs are expected to encourage, in some embodiments, facile and more complete NLP formation, enabling consideration of full spectrum of nanoparticle-based biotechnology applications ranging from therapeutic sequestration and delivery to energy/biofuel production to biopolymer production.