Abstract: CD is used to clearly show the negative impact of common ligands on the overall conformation of BSA, a typical protein template in macromolecularly imprinted polymers. This change occurs at concentrations far lower than those generally used in the literature. These findings are important as they offer insight into a potential fundamental reason for the lack of success in protein imprinting to date despite significant interest from the scientific community
Template and target information: protein, BSA, bovine serum albumin
Author keywords: Bovine serum albumin, circular dichroism, molecular imprinting, protein conformation, protein imprinted polymers