dPEG® Products as PEGylation Reagents
PEGylation is the process of modifying surfaces, small molecules, and biomolecules (e.g., peptides, proteins, and lipids) with polyethylene glycol (PEG). Conventional PEGylation reagents are disperse polymers. Polymer dispersity complicates the analysis of conjugates created with them.
Quanta BioDesign’s dPEG® products have no dispersity. Instead, each dPEG® product contains a discrete chain length of PEG with a single molecular weight. Our monodisperse dPEG® PEGylation reagents simplify the analysis and characterization of conjugates made with them. All the benefits of PEG remain, but the complications that come from using disperse polymer products vanish. At Quanta BioDesign, we call this “the dPEG® difference.”
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Using m-dPEG®15-amine
m-dPEG®15-amine proves useful in building dendrimers, coating biomolecules, and passivating surfaces. Constructs that incorporate m-dPEG®15-amine display enhanced water solubility, increased hydrodynamic volume, and reduced immunogenicity. Carboxylic acids and their active esters (for example, NHS esters and TFP esters) readily form amide bonds with this product. Direct conjugation of carboxylic acids and m-dPEG®15-amine require a carbodiimide such as EDC. Greg Hermanson has published protocols for coupling amines with carboxylic acids, NHS and TFP esters, aldehydes, and ketones in Bioconjugate Techniques, 3rd edition.
Possible applications of m-dPEG®15-amine include:
- Imaging applications (enhanced water solubility, increased hydrodynamic volume, reduced immunogenicity, surface passivation);
- Antibody modification (reduced immunogenicity); and,
- Nanoparticle and quantum dot surface passivation.
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Application Reference:
Greg Hermanson. Bioconjugate Techniques, 3rd Edition. New York: Academic Press, 2013, 1146 pp.
Multiple chapters throughout the book contain reaction protocols. Consult the index for specific page numbers. The most useful procedures are in Chapter 4, “Zero-Length Crosslinkers;” Chapter 5, “Homobifunctional Crosslinkers;” and Chapter 6, “Heterobifunctional Crosslinkers.” Be sure also to check out Chapter 18, “PEGylation and Synthetic Polymer Modification,” where Greg discusses Quanta BioDesign’s dPEG® products in detail.
Many scientists regard Greg’s book as the most authoritative text for bioconjugation work. Quanta BioDesign offers Bioconjugate Techniques, 3rd edition, at a special price. To read a review of the book and to purchase it, please click this link.