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US 2025/0145663 A1Published application
Substrates comprising elastin-like polypeptides and calcium ions
AssigneeMintech-V, LLC
InventorsAbshar Hasan, Sherif Ahmed Abdelsalam Elsharkawy, Alvaro Mata Chavarria
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed towards polypeptide substrates and methods of synthesis thereof. Such substrates can be embedded with calcium ions from a number of ionic sources. These calcium-embedded, polypeptide substrates can be used to grow a variety of crystal structures including flower-shaped, onion-shaped, and needle-like crystal structures. As such, the disclosure is additionally directed towards methods of crystal growth from polypeptide substrates. Compositions of the disclosure can be used in a wide variety of medical and other applications.
Claims24
A composition comprising:
- a disordered polypeptide substrate;
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- calcium ions embedded within the polypeptide substrate, wherein the calcium ions enhance the formation of ordered structures in the polypeptide substrate compared to a comparative polypeptide substrate consisting essentially of the same polypeptide substrate but without the calcium ions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.