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- Scientists combined special stretchy materials called hydrophilic polymers with a protein called lysozyme using a cool method called RAFT polymerization.*
- They made a smaller chain of these stretchy materials and attached it to the lysozyme protein.*
- Even after this attachment and mixing, the lysozyme protein could still do its job well.*
Article Abstract
Hydrophilic polymers were attached to lysozyme by a combination of grafting-to and grafting-from approaches using RAFT polymerization. A hydrophilic oligomer was synthesized, and attached to the protein. The protein-oligomer hybrid contained the RAFT end group, enabling chain extension in solution. Lysozyme maintained activity throughout this process.
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