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US 2014/0004591 A1Published application
Site specifically incorporated initiator for growth of polymers from proteins
AssigneeFranklin and Marshall College
InventorsRyan A. Mehl, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Saadyah Averick
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards a protein-polymer composition having a protein with a site-specifically incorporated unnatural amino acid initiator and a covalently attached polymer.
Claims33
A protein-polymer composition comprising:
- a first protein with a site-specifically incorporated unnatural amino acid having a covalently attached polymer.
A method for preparing a protein-polymer composition comprising the steps of:
- providing a first protein containing a site specifically incorporated unnatural amino acid initiator, a polymerization catalyst precursor, and an organic solvent to an aqueous solution to form an emulsion;
- providing a first radically polymerizable monomer to the emulsion;
- and
- providing a catalyst precursor reducing agent to the emulsion under conditions suitable to initiate the controlled radical polymerization.
1 more element
The method of claim 25, wherein the coinitiator is polyethyleneglycolisobutyryl bromide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.