Figure 2
From: Hydrogels with self-assembling ordered structures and their functions
A stimuli-sensitive hybrid hydrogel assembled from synthetic polymers and coiled-coil protein domains. (a) Structural representation of the hybrid hydrogel primary chains and the attachment of terminal histidine residue-tagged coiled-coil proteins. (b) Effect of temperature on gel swelling behavior. Q/Q25 is the ratio of the equilibrium volume swelling ratio of gels at an elevated temperature to that at 25 °C in the same buffer. The filled and open circles denote data for hybrid hydrogels containing proteins with long or short coiled-coil structures, respectively. Adapted from Ref. 31 (© 1999 NPG).
