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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2017
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, GB;
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Rein V. Ulijn, New York, NY (US);
Ayala Lampel, Bronx, NY (US);
Tell Tuttle, Glasgow, GB;
Gary Scott, Glasgow, GB;
Scott McPhee, New York, NY (US);
Christopher Bettinger, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Research Foundation of the City University of New York, New York, NY (US);
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, GB;
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
A self-assembling peptide is provided that is enzymatically oxidized to form a polymeric pigment. The monomeric peptide has three amino acids (tyrosine (Y), one phenylalanine (F), and one aspartic acid (D) or one lysine (K)) and, following self-assembly and treatment with a tyrosinase enzyme oxidizes and polymerizes into a material with predetermined properties.