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The invention discloses a formate dehydrogenase mutant and application thereof in catalytic synthesis of D-mannitol, and belongs to the technical field of bioengineering. According to the formate dehydrogenase mutant provided by the invention, the 18th-site glutamic acid of wild-type formate dehydrogenase with an amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO.2 is mutated into proline, the 57th-site asparagine is mutated into glutamic acid, the 70th-site histidine is mutated into tryptophan, the 235th-site serine is mutated into threonine, and the 316th-site valine is mutated into threonine, so that the formate dehydrogenase mutant is high in enzyme activity and catalytic activity; the coenzyme circulation efficiency during the production of D-mannitol can be obviously improved, so that the yield of D-mannitol can be effectively improved. When the genetically engineered bacterium co-expressed by the formate dehydrogenase mutant and the mannitol dehydrogenase mutant is used for catalyzing 150 g / L fructose to produce D-mannitol, the yield of D-mannitol within 15 h can reach 140 g / L or above.

The invention belongs to the technical field of cosmetics, and discloses a wrinkle-removing and anti-aging composition containing recombinant collagen as well as a preparation method and application of the wrinkle-removing and anti-aging composition. The composition is prepared from the following components: 20.4 to 35.6 percent of glycerol, 1.1 to 3.5 percent of 1, 2-hexanediol, 8.2 to 15.4 percent of apple fruit cell culture extract, 1.6 to 3.2 percent of inositol, 0.2 to 1.0 percent of elastin, 0.1 to 1.7 percent of hydroxyproline, 0.1 to 1.0 percent of sodium polyglutamate, 0.1 to 1.0 percent of sodium hyaluronate, 0.01 to 0.1 percent of acetyl hexapeptide-8, 0.01 to 0.1 percent of fibronectin, 1.72 to 3.21 percent of soluble collagen and the balance of deionized water. The amino acid sequence of the soluble collagen is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1. The skin care product prepared by adding the anti-wrinkle and anti-aging composition is good in safety and has the effects of resisting wrinkles, improving skin elasticity and resisting aging.

The invention provides a tree species screening method for high-altitude drought afforestation, an afforestation method and application, and belongs to the technical field of forest tree breeding and cultivation. According to the screening method, five physiological and biochemical indexes of soluble protein, malondialdehyde, proline, peroxidase and soluble sugar in the tree species are measured through a gradient drought stress experiment, and comprehensive scoring is performed by adopting a membership function, so that the drought-resistant tree species are scientifically screened. The tree species such as sophora moorcroftiana, rosa serrulata and amorpha fruticosa screened by the method are applied to afforestation in the high-altitude arid region, and the afforestation survival rate and preservation rate can be remarkably increased. The invention provides a reliable technical scheme for solving the long-term problem that the selection of tree species in the difficult site field lacks scientific basis.

The invention discloses modified hydroxytyrosol as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The provided preparation method of the modified hydroxytyrosol comprises the following steps: in the presence of an acidic solvent, mixing hydroxytyrosol, protease and collagen for reaction, mixing a reaction product with an extraction agent, performing centrifugal layering, and collecting upper-layer components, thereby obtaining the modified hydroxytyrosol, the protease comprises one or two of neutral protease and trypsin. Under the enzymolysis action of protease, the collagen can be decomposed into amino acid monomers such as glycine, proline and hydroxyproline, and the amino acid monomers can be subjected to graft modification with hydroxytyrosol; meanwhile, collagen fragments which are not subjected to enzymolysis also exist, and are subjected to graft modification with hydroxytyrosol in the form of collagen characteristic fragments. The oxidation resistance and the stability of the obtained modified hydroxytyrosol are obviously improved compared with those of unmodified hydroxytyrosol.

The invention relates to an application of a nano silicon dioxide combined flora in relieving plant salt stress, which comprises the following steps: applying nano silicon dioxide to soil in which soybeans are to be planted, then planting the soybeans in the soil, and adding a simplified salt-tolerant growth-promoting synthetic flora microbial inoculum; wherein the synthetic flora is separated from saline-alkali soil, the growth promoting functions of nitrogen fixation, phosphorus dissolving, potassium dissolving and the like of the synthetic flora are measured, and the growth promoting effect of a single bacterium is verified through a pot experiment. A simplified flora SynC1 is constructed, and the relieving effect of combined application of the nano silicon dioxide and the flora on soybean salt stress is evaluated through a pot experiment. It is found that combined application of nano-silica and SynC1 can better promote root development, increase the proline content and promote soybean growth under salt stress, and has excellent application potential in agricultural soybean production.

The application discloses an acyltransferase mutant with high acetylation activity and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of enzyme engineering. The acyltransferase mutant provided by the application contains one or more mutation sites in the 62th and 64th positions on the basis of the acyltransferase mutant with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1. The acyltransferase mutant obtained by the application has higher acyltransferase activity and catalytic efficiency than the original enzyme before mutation, and can improve the yield of N-acetyl-trans-4-hydroxyproline. Therefore, the acyltransferase mutant of the application has important significance in the efficient biosynthesis of N-acetyl-trans-4-hydroxyproline, and has wide application prospects in the fields of biological materials, medicines or cosmetics.

This invention relates to microorganisms that produce L-glutamic acid and a method for producing amino acids. The method involves culturing microorganisms in a culture medium that have the ability to produce one or more amino acids selected from L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-ornithine, L-citrulline, and L-arginine, and that have been modified to increase the activity of α-ketoglutarate synthase, thereby generating and accumulating the L-amino acids in the culture medium or in the cells, and collecting the L-amino acids from the culture medium or in the cells.

The invention belongs to the technical field of walnut protein preparation, and particularly relates to walnut protein powder with high digestibility, low sensitization and low bitterness as well as a preparation method and application of the walnut protein powder. According to the preparation method of the walnut protein powder with high digestibility, low sensitization and low bitterness provided by the invention, proline specific endo protease, recombinant trypsin and carboxypeptidase B are cooperatively used, so that accurate damage to an anti-digestion structure and a sensitization epitope of walnut protein can be realized; according to the method, ultrahigh digestibility (greater than or equal to 92%), thorough desensitization (greater than 99.8%), bitterness inhibition and functional peptide enrichment are synchronously realized, so that the defects of low digestibility, sensitization residue, obvious bitterness, low yield of functional peptide, complex process and the like caused by uncontrollable cutting in the existing random enzymolysis technology are overcome, and meanwhile, the core technical bottleneck of high-value utilization of walnut protein is overcome.

The invention discloses a yak bone collagen peptide for improving osteoporosis and preparation and application thereof, and relates to the field of biological medicine, the yak bone collagen peptide comprises collagen peptide with the molecular weight of 500-2000 Daltons, contains a glycine-proline-hydroxyproline tripeptide core structure, can promote osteoblast differentiation and inhibit osteoclast activity, and can be used for treating osteoporosis. The amino acid sequence of the collagen peptide is any one of the following sequences: glycine-proline-hydroxyproline-glycine-glutamic acid-arginine, and the amino acid sequence of the collagen peptide is any one of the following sequences: glycine-proline-hydroxyproline-glycine-glutamic acid-arginine; and the amino acid is glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, serine, leucine and alanine. The yak bone collagen peptide has a unique glycine-proline-hydroxyproline tripeptide structure, the molecular weight is controlled within the range of 500-2000 Daltons, the structure can promote osteoblast differentiation and inhibit osteoclast activity at the same time, and the problem that a traditional osteoporosis treatment medicine is single in function is solved.

The present application relates to a pyridoxal kinase mutant, a recombinant expression vector and a microbial cell and their applications, and belongs to the technical field of biological catalysis. In order to solve the problem of low product concentration in existing enzyme catalysis, a pyridoxal kinase mutant is provided, the amino acid sequence is selected from the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO. 1, the lysine at position 229 is mutated to alanine, phenylalanine, methionine, arginine, threonine, histidine, serine, tyrosine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, asparagine, aspartic acid or glutamic acid; the pyridoxal kinase mutant is used for catalyzing pyridoxal to synthesize pyridoxal phosphate, and a recombinant expression vector and a microbial cell can be further formed. The present application has good enzyme activity, high product conversion rate, high concentration of pyridoxal phosphate obtained, and the concentration of the product catalyzed by the wild-type pyridoxal kinase to phosphorylate pyridoxal is obviously improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of traditional Chinese medicines and cosmetics, and particularly relates to eutectic resveratrol, a liposome thereof, a preparation method and application of the eutectic resveratrol. The eutectic resveratrol is prepared from the following raw materials: resveratrol, amino acid and glycerol; the amino acid is selected from one of proline, lysine and arginine. The eutecticevaporate resveratrol liposome is prepared from the following raw materials: soybean phospholipid, cholesterol and eutecticevaporate resveratrol, the mass ratio of the soybean phospholipid to the cholesterol is (1-9): 1, and the mass ratio of the sum of the mass of the soybean phospholipid and the cholesterol to the mass of the eutecticevaporate resveratrol is 1: (0.5-2). A method capable of improving the solubility and stability of resveratrol is found, the eutectic resveratrol liposome which is stable in particle size and PDI and excellent in zeta potential and has certain anti-oxidation and antibacterial performance is prepared, the solubility, stability and bioavailability of resveratrol (RES) are improved, and the resveratrol liposome is suitable for being used as an anti-inflammatory drug. And a new thought is provided for further development and application research of resveratrol (RES).

The invention provides the cassava low-temperature-resistant MeSR45-2 gene cloned from cassava for the first time, the expression of the MeSR45-2 gene in cassava is inhibited under low-temperature stress, and research shows that the gene can significantly improve the low-temperature resistance of cassava, reduce the malondialdehyde content, proline cumulant and the like in cassava, reduce leaf damage under low-temperature treatment and improve the yield of cassava. Terminal buds under low-temperature treatment are not affected and can normally grow, and expression of various protein genes is regulated and controlled. The invention provides a new candidate gene for research on improvement of plant low temperature resistance and the like, and also provides a new gene resource for cultivation of a new variety of low temperature resistant cassava and construction of a new variety of transgenic cassava.

The invention provides application of an OsERF8 gene in improving drought resistance of rice, and belongs to the technical field of gene engineering and rice drought resistance. The nucleotide sequence of the OsERF8 gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the amino acid sequence of the encoding protein of the OsERF8 gene is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2. Compared with a wild plant, the survival rate of an oserf8 mutant plant under PEG induction and soil dehydration drought stress is remarkably improved; and the survival rate of the overexpressed plant OsERF8-OE under the induction of PEG (Polyethylene Glycol) is obviously reduced. Compared with a wild type plant, after PEG induces drought stress, the malondialdehyde content of the overground part of the oserf8 mutant plant is reduced, and the proline content is increased; the malondialdehyde content of the overground part of the overexpressed plant OsERF8-OE is increased, and the proline content is reduced. In conclusion, the OsERF8 gene is a potential candidate new target for researching a rice drought resistance regulation mechanism.

Provided are a preparation method for a yeast-expressed type I recombinant human collagen with a tri-helical structure and use thereof. The preparation method comprises the steps of performing fermentation using an engineered bacterium and performing purification to obtain the type I recombinant human collagen with a tri-helical structure. A method for constructing the engineered bacterium comprises the step of transforming a host bacterium with plasmids pMChZ-α1(I), pMCrN-α2(I), pPIC9K-P4H(DP)-1, and pMCeH-[α1(I)] 2α2(I) to construct the engineered bacterium. The type I recombinant human collagen with a tri-helical structure prepared using the preparation method comprises hydroxyproline, and hydroxyproline accounts for 30% or more of total proline.

The application discloses a formic acid dehydrogenase mutant and application thereof in catalyzing carbon dioxide reduction. Paracoccus The formic acid dehydrogenase from sp.MKU1 is mutated by a site-directed mutation technology Ps The arginine (Arg) at the 223th position of the FDH48 amino acid sequence is mutated into proline (Pro) or the proline (Pro) at the 242th position is mutated into phenylalanine (Phe), and the obtained mutants R223P and P242F have higher catalytic activity, can more effectively catalyze CO2 to generate formic acid in vitro, and have potential application values in efficient activation of CO2 and further conversion into other one-carbon compounds through cascade reactions.

A method for preparing nondenatured collagen type II for alleviating joint pain includes pulverizing a cartilage raw material and defatting to obtain a total protein crude extract; adding anhydrous ethanol to the total protein crude extract, soaking, stirring, and centrifuging to obtain an anhydrous ethanol insoluble material; dissolving the anhydrous ethanol insoluble material in water, adjusting pH to acidic, stirring and centrifuging to obtain an acid-insoluble material; dissolving the acid-insoluble material in water, performing enzymatic hydrolysis and centrifuging to obtain an enzymatic hydrolysis precipitate; dissolving the enzymatic hydrolysis precipitate in water, followed by performing co-fermentation, and centrifuging to obtain a fermentation precipitate; and adding a water activity regulator to the fermentation precipitate, and then drying to obtain the nondenatured collagen type II. The content of protein, hydroxyproline and nondenatured collagen type II in the prepared nondenatured collagen type II is high, and the shelf life is prolonged.

There is provided a method for diagnosing a subject with early onset muscle atrophy, said method comprising: obtaining a biosample from the subject; and assaying the biosample for one or more biomarkers, said one more biomarkers are taurine, proline, citrulline, trigonelline, thymidine, ornithine, glutamate, L-pyroglutamic acid, creatinine, adenine, nicotinamide, 2-methylhippuric acid, maltol, L-arginine, hypotaurine, L-glutamine, homogentisic acid, methylhistidine, oxoglutaric acid, xanthine, L-carnitine, succinate, or a combination thereof; and identifying the subject with early onset muscle atrophy on the basis of a deviation in the one or more of said one more biomarkers.

According to the scheme, the invention provides the recombinant macrolide enzyme as well as the preparation method and the application thereof, the amino acid sequence of the recombinant macrolide enzyme is as shown in SEQ ID NO.1, and the recombinant macrolide enzyme is derived from an EreC esterase family of enterobacter hormaechei and is obtained through site-specific mutagenesis; the mutation sites are as follows: glutamic acid at the 44th site is mutated into asparagine, tyrosine at the 55th site is mutated into proline, proline at the 76th site is mutated into arginine, phenylalanine at the 153rd site is mutated into alanine, and serine at the 219th site is mutated into glutamic acid. The method is expected to remove macrolide antibiotic pollution, and has good economic benefits and practical values.

The invention belongs to the technical field of health-care food, and particularly relates to functional milk assisting in lowering blood pressure and a preparation method thereof.The functional milk comprises, by weight, 99.5% of raw milk and 0.5% of a potassium ion bridged citrus fiber-green tea polyphenol network, raw milk is sequentially subjected to trypsin and proline specific incision enzyme treatment, HPCD-ultrasonic treatment and pulsed magnetic field treatment. The invention provides a systematic solution, which exceeds a simple extraction and addition mode in the prior art, and solves the stability problem of the antihypertensive active component in the processing and storage process.

The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural microbial fertilizers, and discloses a soil improvement microbial fertilizer and a preparation method thereof, the soil improvement microbial fertilizer is prepared from the following raw materials by weight: 5-8 parts of a composite microbial agent, 30-40 parts of a modified biomass carrier, 25-35 parts of a slow release nutrient matrix, 15-20 parts of a soil conditioning aid, 2-3 parts of a microbial synergist, 1-2 parts of an adhesive, and 3 parts of a coating liquid. According to the invention, dual protection of trehalose loading and xanthan gum-PVA coating is adopted, and the L-proline synergist is matched, so that microorganisms still can survive in a high-temperature and high-salt environment, the inhibition of a severe soil environment on the microorganisms is broken through, and the application range is wider than that of commercially available products.

The invention discloses an engineered glycosyl transferase and application thereof in efficient preparation of triterpenoid saponin. The engineered glycosyl transferase is obtained by mutating serine at the 15th site of UGT74AC1 enzyme into alanine, mutating histidine at the 47th site into aspartic acid, mutating leucine at the 48th site into valine, mutating alanine at the 180th site into serine, mutating histidine at the 180th site into aspartic acid, mutating histidine at the 180th site into aspartic acid, mutating histidine at the 180th site into aspartic acid, mutating histidine at the 180th site into aspartic acid The mutant is obtained by mutating serine at the 332 site into proline, phenylalanine at the 367 site into tryptophan and lysine at the 420 site into arginine. According to the invention, the glycosyl transferase with high catalytic activity is obtained by modifying an enzyme engineering technology, and good application of the glycosyl transferase in synthesis of triterpenoid saponin is realized. The glycosyl transferase disclosed by the invention can also be coupled with sucrose synthase, or coupled with N-acetylhexosamine kinase and N-acetylglucosamine-1-uridine phosphate transferase, and acetylglucosamine is used as a glycosyl donor, so that cascade production of triterpenoid saponin with lower cost and higher efficiency is realized.

The invention relates to the technical field of organ transplantation, and discloses organ preserving fluid, application and organ dynamic supercooling perfusion equipment. The organ preserving fluid is prepared from ribose, glucose, mannitol, lidocaine, adenosine, a high-molecular polymer, L-proline, trehalose, inorganic salt and organic salt. The high-molecular polymer comprises one of hydroxyethyl starch, polyethylene glycol and albumin. According to the organ preserving fluid disclosed by the invention, the freezing point of the perfusate is reduced through the micromolecular cryoprotectant, and meanwhile, the micromolecular cryoprotectant and the high-molecular polymer jointly inhibit formation and growth of ice crystals; the problem of liquid preservation at the temperature below zero is solved from the two dimensions of physics (reducing the freezing point and inhibiting ice crystals) and biology (maintaining cell viability), and feasibility is provided for long-time low-temperature transfer and transplantation of organs. The preserving fluid can be used for static preservation or perfusion preservation of various organs such as kidney, liver, heart, pancreas, lung, small intestine, skin and the like.

The invention belongs to the technical field of gene engineering, and particularly relates to application of an OsNAC4 gene in regulation and control of rice salt tolerance. It is found for the first time that mutation of the OsNAC4 gene can improve the salt tolerance of rice seeds in the seedling stage. Under salt stress, the seedling survival rate of the mutant OsNAC4 strain is obviously higher than that of a wild type. Under normal treatment, the proline content, the hydrogen peroxide content and the malondialdehyde content of the wild type strain and the Osnac4 mutant strain have no significant difference, but after salt stress, the proline content of the Osnac4 mutant strain is significantly higher than that of the wild type strain, and the hydrogen peroxide content and the malondialdehyde content are both lower than those of the wild type strain. Therefore, the OsNAC4 gene can be utilized to cultivate an improved rice material suitable for saline-alkali soil planting through a biotechnology, a new thought is provided for cultivating salt-tolerant rice varieties, and a theoretical basis is also provided for increasing the yield of other crops by utilizing a heterologous gene expression technology.

The invention discloses a synthesis method of tripeptide Fmoc-Pro-Pro-Pro-OH, belongs to the technical field of polypeptide synthesis, and particularly relates to Fmoc-Pro-Pro-Pro-OH prepared by a condensation deprotection reaction of a proline reagent and a proline derivative, the proline reagent comprises Fmoc-Pro-OH or Fmoc-Pro-Pro-OH, and the proline derivative is H-Pro-OtBu. An activating reagent is used in the condensation deprotection reaction, and the mass ratio of the usage amount of the Fmoc-Pro-OH to the usage amount of the activating reagent is 1: (0.1-0.9). Alkali is used in the condensation deprotection reaction, the alkali comprises an alcohol amine compound, the alcohol amine compound is prepared through the reaction of ethanolamine and ethyl 3-bromopyruvate, and the synthesis method of the tripeptide Fmoc-Pro-Pro-Pro-OH is high in yield and purity.

The invention belongs to the field of bioactive protein peptide materials, and provides an animal-derived composite fermented skin-tendering protein peptide and a preparation method thereof. According to the invention, bovine-derived collagen and fish-derived protein are subjected to synergistic fermentation to prepare a protein peptide core, and the outer surface of the protein peptide core is coated with an edible gelatin and chondroitin sulfate composite layer; the excellent performance that a small molecule peptide core with the molecular weight being 500-1500 Da, a stable coating layer with the coating rate being 80-99%, the glycine-proline-hydroxyproline sequence collagen peptide fragment accounting for 30-60% and the pH responsive swelling ratio being 1.5-3.0 are achieved, the technical problems that traditional protein peptide is poor in stability and low in bioavailability are solved, and the protein peptide has wide application value in the field of skin care products.

The invention relates to the technical field of gene engineering and enzyme engineering, in particular to a beta-glucosidase mutant with high catalytic activity and application of the beta-glucosidase mutant. The sequence of the beta-glucosidase mutant is obtained by carrying out any one of the following mutations on an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No.1: respectively mutating proline at the 95th site and arginine at the 178th site into cysteine; phenylalanine at the 98th site and arginine at the 178th site are respectively mutated into cysteine. The obtained mutants P95C / R178C and F98C / R178C have high enzyme activity, ginsenoside Rb1 can be converted into CK, the conversion efficiency is respectively improved by 83.52% and 105.79% compared with that of wild beta-glucosidase, and the industrial application of enzymatic conversion of rare ginsenoside CK is promoted.

The invention relates to a chicken beta-defensin-6 mutant based on AI aided design, a recombinant expression system and application, and relates to the technical field of gene engineering and protein engineering. The chicken beta defensin-6 mutant has the following amino acids at the following five sites: lysine at the 33rd site, lysine at the 35th site, asparagine at the 49th site, arginine at the 61st site and proline at the 65th site. The chicken beta-defensin-6 mutant has high stability, activity and solubility, compared with wild chicken beta-defensin-6, the chicken beta-defensin-6 mutant has higher antibacterial activity and expression level, an efficient and safe antibacterial substitute is provided for livestock and poultry breeding, and the chicken beta-defensin-6 mutant can be widely applied to the fields of livestock and poultry breeding, animal health care and biological preservation.

The invention relates to an L-proline heterocyclic intermediate, alpha-methyl-L-proline hydrochloride and a preparation method thereof, which comprises the following steps: step 01, cyclization upper protection: taking L-proline as a raw material, which is shown in a formula (1), to react with trichloracetic aldehyde hydrate under an acidic condition, and performing upper protection to obtain a heterocyclic intermediate as shown in a formula (2); the molar weight of chloral hydrate is 1-2.5 times of the molar weight of the L-proline shown in the formula (1), preferably 1.5 times of the molar weight of the L-proline shown in the formula (1). 02, methylation: reacting the heterocyclic intermediate as shown in the formula (2) obtained in the step 01 with lithium diisopropylamide, and after the reaction is completed, adding dimethyl sulfate for methylation to obtain an intermediate as shown in a formula (3); 03, deprotection: adding the intermediate as shown in the formula (3) obtained in the step 02 into a deprotection reagent for hydrolysis so as to obtain the alpha-methyl-L-proline hydrochloride as shown in the formula (4), so that the problems that the preparation cost of the existing alpha-methyl-L-proline hydrochloride is relatively high and the yield is relatively low can be solved.

The invention discloses a banana drought-enduring functional gene MaPUB21 and application of the banana drought-enduring functional gene MaPUB21 in improvement of plant drought-enduring capability. A nucleotide sequence of the gene is shown as SEQ ID NO.2. The invention further discloses a method for preparing the banana drought-enduring functional gene MaPUB21. According to the invention, a silence vector (MaPUB21-pTRV) aiming at the MaPUB21 gene is constructed, and an agrobacterium-mediated method is utilized to carry out instantaneous silence in the Musa communis. Drought tolerance analysis shows that after drought stress treatment, compared with a wild type, the content of malonaldehyde, superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide of the MaPUB21 silent strain is remarkably reduced, and the content of proline and the activity of peroxidase are remarkably improved. The result shows that the drought tolerance of the plant can be effectively improved by silencing the MaPUB21 gene. The gene provided by the invention provides a new resource for plant stress-resistant molecular breeding, and is of great significance for cultivating drought-resistant plants and improving the utilization rate of drought land.

The present invention relates to an isolated peptide comprising the amino acid sequence of Formula (I): (O)n-K-(O)m-Z; wherein K is lysine optionally modified with a self-immolative moiety Z is tryptophan or is absent; O is GHGX1Y (SEQ ID NO: 1); G is glycine, H is histidine, Y is tyrosine; each X1 is independently selected from alanine, glycine, serine, asparagine, histidine (H), arginine (R), aspartic acid, tyrosine, and proline; n is 0 – 5; m is 0 – 5; n+m is 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, and optionally, wherein not all of the X1 residues are proline (P). Such peptide is a coacervate forming peptide. The present invention also relates to methods of preparing coacervate compositions comprising the isolated peptide, optionally also comprising one or more biomacromolecules (payloads). The present invention further relates to the coacervate compositions per se, and their uses, e.g. in methods of treatment or diagnosis.