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Localized and regulated peptide pigment formation inside liquid droplets through confined enzymatic oxidation

Kenny Barriales, Salma Kassem, Deborah Sementa, Alfredo Vidal Ceballos, Tong Wang, Shadman Khandaker, Rinat R. Abzalimov, Ankit Jain, Shana Elbaum‐Garfinkle, Rein V. Ulijn

2023Chemical Communications11 citationsDOI

Abstract

We demonstrate multi-component liquid peptide droplets that upon enzymatic oxidation, give rise to the formation of soluble polyphenolic pigments as simple mimics of the biological pigment, melanin.

Topics & Concepts

ChemistryTripeptideTyrosinePeptidePigmentEnzymeTyrosinaseEnzyme catalysisMelaninAbsorbanceBiocatalysisAmphiphileOrganic chemistryBiochemistryCatalysisChromatographyIonic liquidPolymerCopolymermelanin and skin pigmentationPhotochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryRNA regulation and disease
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