Synthetic "chaperones": nanoparticle-mediated refolding of thermally denatured proteins.

ABSTRACT: Thermally denatured chymotrypsin, lysozyme and papain are substantially refolded towards their native conformation by gold nanoparticle bearing dicarboxylate sidechains.

SUBMITTER: De M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2646367 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature