Journal
CHEMISTRY & BIODIVERSITY
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages 2343-2366Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200278
Keywords
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB); Ion transport; Proteins; Atherosclerosis; Diabetes
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Poly-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrates (PHB), linear polymers of (R)-3-hydroxybutyrate, are components of all biological cells in which short polymers (<200 monomer residues) are covalently attached to certain proteins and/or noncovalently associated with polyphosphates inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), RNA, and DNA. The low concentrations, lack of unusual atoms or functional groups, and flexible backbones of this complexed PHB, referred to as cPHB, make them invisible to many analytical procedures; whereas other physical properties water-insolubility, high intrinsic viscosity, temperature sensitivity, multiple bonding interactions with other molecules make them requisite participants in vital physiological processes as well as contributors to the development of certain diseases.
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