Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis on Chitosan Thin Films
Tadeja Katan, Rupert Kargl, Tamilselvan Mohan, Tobias Steindorfer, Miran Mozetič, Janez Kovač, Karin Stana Kleinschek
Abstract
-protected glycine peptides. The developed procedures are seen as first steps toward preparing thin layers of acetylated chitin, potentially imitating the nanometric peptide substituted glycan layers found in bacterial cell walls.
Topics & Concepts
Quartz crystal microbalanceContact angleX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyChitosanWettingChemistryChemical engineeringAqueous solutionThin filmPeptideAttenuated total reflectionInfrared spectroscopyMaterials scienceNanotechnologyAdsorptionOrganic chemistryBiochemistryEngineeringAntimicrobial Peptides and ActivitiesSupramolecular Self-Assembly in MaterialsProbiotics and Fermented Foods