Bionanotechnology approach for FAD-dependent enzymes with nanomaterials sensor

Bionanotechnology: The Novel Nanoparticles Based Approach for Disease Therapy

Bionanotechnology has probably been the most developing field in the last decade as an integration of biotechnology on the molecular level and nanotechnology. It provided new avenues of research and development to produce novel and new nanomaterials of medicinal applications which paved the way to the vibrant field of nanomedicine. This is dependent on combining biological norms with unique cha...

Molecularly Imprinted Nanomaterials for Sensor Applications

Molecular imprinting is a well-established technology to mimic antibody-antigen interaction in a synthetic platform. Molecularly imprinted polymers and nanomaterials usually possess outstanding recognition capabilities. Imprinted nanostructured materials are characterized by their small sizes, large reactive surface area and, most importantly, with rapid and specific analysis of analytes due to...

Nanomaterials with enzyme-like characteristics (nanozymes): next-generation artificial enzymes.

Over the past few decades, researchers have established artificial enzymes as highly stable and low-cost alternatives to natural enzymes in a wide range of applications. A variety of materials including cyclodextrins, metal complexes, porphyrins, polymers, dendrimers and biomolecules have been extensively explored to mimic the structures and functions of naturally occurring enzymes. Recently, s...

FAD-Dependent NAD(P)H Diaphorase

A newly discovered human diaphorase, designated diaphorase-4, which accounts for a major part of the diaphorase activity of most tissues but does not occur in erythrocytes, is described. In contrast with other human diaphorases, it is dependent on FAD for activity after electrophoresis, inhibited by low concentrations of dicoumarol and shows a marked affinity for Cibacron Blue. The molecular we...

Designer DNA Architectures for Bionanotechnology