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Revision as of 23:09, 29 October 2017

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Proof of Concept

Here we want to give you a short tour about what we achieved in the project. We show our results and give a view on the resulting product, a enzyme sensing hydrogel.

Chitin Synthase NodC

The functionality of the NodC enzyme was verified by performing the UDP-Glo™ Glycosyltransferase Assay. The evaluation of the assay shows that the NodC enzyme converts the UDP-GlcNAc to free UPD and a growing oligo-GlcNAc-chain. The free UDP is converted to ATP, which acts as a substrate for a luciferase reaction and creates luminescence. So the assay and the increasing luminescence depending on increasing enzyme concentrations shows that the NodC enzyme can create chitin oligomers.
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Figure 1. Activity assay of NodC. The NodC (40 ng) was titrated in 1X glycosyltransferase reaction buffer the presence of 100 μM of UDP-N-acetylglcosamine and 10 mM N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) as an acceptor substrate. The reaction was performed as described before and the luminescence was measured after 1 hour of incubation with a Tecan200 Infinite Pro plate reader. Each point is an average of two experiments, and the error bars represent the standard deviations. RLU = relative light units.

Chitin Deacetylase NodB

Under Construction
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Figure 2.

Hydrogel

We manufactured several hydrogels containing non-toxic and cost-effectively gelling agents to form optimal wound dressings. Our hydrogels could be formed with basic laboratory equipment at any shape and could easily be adjust to the affected tissues for an optimal wound healing.
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Figure 3. We manufactured a agar-chitosan hydrogel

Chemistry

We manufactured a protease-sensing chitosan derivative. For the verifaction of its functionality it has been measured via flourimeter. It showed a peak at 390 nm before the protease was added. After the cleavage with the protease a shift of this peak to the wavelength of 450 nm was observed.
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Figure 4. Fluormetric measurement of the peptide cleavage via proteases.