Physical Chemistry in Mucus

我们研究了黏液中发生的几个物理化学主题，特别是结构和动力学之间的关系，使用从水母中提取的新型黏液蛋白（qniumucin），其水溶液是动物黏液的模型系统。由于其结构先前已被解决，因此作为一种定义明确的粘蛋白是一种罕见的材料。重点研究了其与矿物阳离子的相互作用，研究了吸附反应动力学及其形貌变化。我们成功地利用水母黏液的主要成分——水母黏液蛋白代替珊瑚黏液蛋白，人工复制了珊瑚树形成过程中的生物矿化过程

We investigated several topics of physical chemistry occurring in mucus especially for the relationship between structures and dynamics using a novel mucin(qniumucin) extracted from jellyfish whose aqueous solution is a model system of mucus in animals. Since its structure was formerly solved, qniumucin is a rare material as a well-defined mucin. We focused on its interaction with mineral cations and studied the adsorbing reaction dynamics and the changes in its morphology. We succeeded to reproduce the biomineralization taking place in the formation of coral trees artificially by use of qniumucin, the main component of jellyfish mucus, instead of coral mucin