Gopalan Akilandeswari, Vijayakumar Varshashankari, Shalini Muthusamy, Mayilvahanan Aarthy, Karthigeyan Thamizhvani, Jebakumar Mercyjayapriya, Sundarapandian Ashokraj, Pachaiyappan Mohandass, Suresh Prem, Niraikulam Ayyadurai
Bacterial collagen, produced via recombinant DNA methods, offers advantages including consistent purity, customizable properties, and reduced allergy potential compared to animal-derived collagen. Its controlled production environment enables tailored features, making it more sustainable, non-pathogenic, and compatible with diverse applications in medicine, cosmetics, and other industries. Research has focused on the engineering of collagen-like proteins to improve their structure and function. The study explores the impact of introducing tyrosine, an amino acid known for its role in fibril formation across diverse proteins, into a newly designed bacterial collagen-like protein (Scl2), specifically examining its effect on self-assembly and fibril formation...
March 30, 2024: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A