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@ARTICLE{Kang:911209,
author = {Kang, Kyongok and Platten, Florian},
title = {{E}lectric-{F}ield {I}nduced {M}odulation of {A}morphous
{P}rotein {A}ggregates: {P}olarization, {D}eformation, and
{R}eorientation},
journal = {Scientific reports},
volume = {12},
number = {1},
issn = {2045-2322},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-04514},
pages = {3061},
year = {2022},
abstract = {Proteins in their native state are only marginally stable
and tend to aggregate. However, proteinmisfolding and
condensation are often associated with undesired processes,
such as pathogenesis, orunwanted properties, such as reduced
biological activity, immunogenicity, or uncontrolled
materialsproperties. Therefore, controlling protein
aggregation is very important, but still a major challengein
various fields, including medicine, pharmacology, food
processing, and materials science. Here,flexible, amorphous,
micron-sized protein aggregates composed of lysozyme
molecules reduced bydithiothreitol are used as a model
system. The preformed amorphous protein aggregates are
exposedto a weak alternating current electric field. Their
field response is followed in situ by time-resolvedpolarized
optical microscopy, revealing field-induced deformation,
reorientation and enhancedpolarization as well as the
disintegration of large clusters of aggregates. Small-angle
dynamiclight scattering was applied to probe the collective
microscopic dynamics of amorphous aggregatesuspensions.
Field-enhanced local oscillations of the intensity
auto-correlation function are observedand related to two
distinguishable elastic moduli. Our results validate the
prospects of electric fieldsfor controlling protein
aggregation processes.},
cin = {IBI-4},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBI-4-20200312},
pnm = {5241 - Molecular Information Processing in Cellular Systems
(POF4-524)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5241},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {35197521},
UT = {WOS:000760421800038},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-06995-x},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/911209},
}