The thermal stability of triple helical structure plays a critical role in collagen biosynthesis,function and degradation.CD technique was utilized to characterize the thermal stability of synthetic collagen mimic pep...The thermal stability of triple helical structure plays a critical role in collagen biosynthesis,function and degradation.CD technique was utilized to characterize the thermal stability of synthetic collagen mimic peptides.Fluorescence spectroscopy is widely used with easy access all around the world because of its inexpensive instrumentation,low operation cost,easy operation,and high sensitivity.Here we have developed an alternative fluorescence method to detect the thermal stability of collagen mimic peptides.We have demonstrated that fluorescence spectroscopy could measure the thermal stability of collagen mimic peptides with low concentrations under different circumstances.This highly sensitive fluorescence self-quenching assay will greatly expedite the studies of sequence-dependent properties of collagen mimic peptides,and it has great potential in the application of determining the thermal stability of triple helix systems such as collagens,collectins,adiponectin,macrophage scavenger and C1q.展开更多
基金the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21305056)open fund of State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics(No.T151402)
文摘The thermal stability of triple helical structure plays a critical role in collagen biosynthesis,function and degradation.CD technique was utilized to characterize the thermal stability of synthetic collagen mimic peptides.Fluorescence spectroscopy is widely used with easy access all around the world because of its inexpensive instrumentation,low operation cost,easy operation,and high sensitivity.Here we have developed an alternative fluorescence method to detect the thermal stability of collagen mimic peptides.We have demonstrated that fluorescence spectroscopy could measure the thermal stability of collagen mimic peptides with low concentrations under different circumstances.This highly sensitive fluorescence self-quenching assay will greatly expedite the studies of sequence-dependent properties of collagen mimic peptides,and it has great potential in the application of determining the thermal stability of triple helix systems such as collagens,collectins,adiponectin,macrophage scavenger and C1q.
